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Harvie Ferguson

b. 1947

British sociologist

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About Harvie Ferguson

Born 1947. Harvie Ferguson is a British sociologist.

Harvie Ferguson was Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow until his retirement in 2011. He has written extensively on the development of cultural, philosophical, and psychological aspects of the development of western modernity.

He has published research on war experience in both a modern European and Japanese perspective. His most recent book in English is Self-Identity and Everyday Life (2009)

Selected works Ferguson, H. (2010), La pasión agotada. Estilos de la vida contemporánea. Buenos Aires/Madrid, Katz editores, Ferguson, H. (2006), Phenomenological Sociology. Insight and Experience in Modern Society. London, Sage. Ferguson, H. (2000), Modernity and Subjectivity. Body, Soul, Spirit. Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press Ferguson, H. (1996), The Lure of Dreams. Sigmund Freud and the Construction of Modernity. London, Routledge Ferguson, H. (1994), Melancholy and the Critique of Modernity. Søren Kierkegaard's Religious Psychology. London, Routledge Ferguson, H. (1992), Religious Transformation in Western Society. The End of Happiness. London, Routledge Ferguson, H. (1990), The Science of Pleasure. Cosmos and Psyche in the Bourgeois World View. London, Routledge

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University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge, University of Glasgow

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Harvie Ferguson?

British sociologist

When was Harvie Ferguson born?

Harvie Ferguson was born on 15 February 1947.

What is Harvie Ferguson's occupation?

Harvie Ferguson is a sociologist.

What nationality is Harvie Ferguson?

Harvie Ferguson is British.

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