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Thomas Bottomore

1920 – 1992

British sociologist

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Lived 1920 – 1992 (aged 72). Thomas Bottomore was a British sociologist and university teacher.

Thomas Burton Bottomore (8 April 1920, England – 9 December 1992, Sussex, England) was a British Marxist sociologist.

Bottomore was Secretary of the International Sociological Association from 1953 to 1959. He was the eighth president of ISA (1974-1978).

He was a prolific editor and translator of Marxist works, notably his collections published in 1963: Marx's Early Writings and Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy.

He was Reader in Sociology at the London School of Economics from 1952 to 1964.

Bottomore edited and contributed to numerous journals of sociology and political science, and edited A Dictionary of Marxist Thought in 1983 and co-edited (with William Outhwaite) The Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth century Social Thought published posthumously in 1993.

Bottomore was a member of the British Labour Party.

Works

Classes in Modern Society (London: Ampersand, 1955; London: George Allen & Unwin, 1965) Marx: Selected Writings in Sociology & Social Philosophy (London: Watts, 1956; Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963) editor with Maximilien Rubel Sociology: A Guide to Problems & Literature (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1962) Early Writings of Karl Marx (London: Watts, 1963) editor and translator Elites and Society (London: Watts, 1964; Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966; Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1967; New York: Penguin, 1970; London: Routledge, 1993) Critics of Society: Radical Thought in North America (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967) Karl Marx (Oxford : Basil Blackwell, 1956) Karl Marx (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1973) editor Sociology as Social Criticism (London: Allen & Unwin, 1975) ISBN 0-04-301068-7 : £4.25, 0-04-301069-5 (Pbk) : £2.10 Marxist Sociology (London: Macmillan, 1975) ISBN 0-333-18754-7 : £2.95, 0-333-13774-4 (pbk) : £1.25 A History of Sociological Analysis editor with Robert Nisbet (New York: Basic Books, 1979) ISBN 0-465-03023-8 : $29.50, 0-465-03024-6 (pbk) Modern Interpretations of Marx (1981) editor, Georg Simmel – The Philosophy of Money (1982, 2004, 2011)) translator with David Frisby ISBN 978-0-415-61011-7 A Dictionary of Marxist Thought editor (Oxford: Blackwell, 1983) ISBN 0-631-12852-2 Sociology and Socialism (Brighton: Wheatsheaf, 1984) ISBN 0-7108-0230-7 : £15.95, 0-7108-0235-8 (pbk) : £4.95 Theories of Modern Capitalism (London: Allen & Unwin, 1985) ISBN 0-04-301186-1 (pbk.) Interpretations of Marx editor (Oxford: Blackwell, 1988) ISBN 0-631-15256-3 The Capitalist Class: An International Study with Robert J. Brym (New York : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1989) ISBN 0-7450-0296-X The Socialist Economy-Theory and Practice (New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1990) ISBN 0-7450-0118-1, 0-7450-0119-X (pbk) Between Marginalism and Marxism: The Economic Sociology of J A Schumpeter (New York: St Martin's Press, 1992) ISBN 0-312-09105-2 The Frankfurt School (London: Tavistock, 1984, 1995) ISBN 0-85312-458-2 (Libr. ed.), 0-85312-468-X (Stud. ed.)

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Simon Fraser University, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Sussex
Also known as
Thomas Burton Bottomore, Thomas B. Bottomore, Tom B. Bottomore, T. B. Bottomore

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Thomas Bottomore?

British sociologist (1920-1992)

When was Thomas Bottomore born?

Thomas Bottomore was born on 8 April 1920 in England.

When did Thomas Bottomore die?

Thomas Bottomore died on 9 December 1992 in Sussex.

What was Thomas Bottomore's occupation?

Thomas Bottomore was a sociologist and university teacher.

What nationality was Thomas Bottomore?

Thomas Bottomore was British.

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· Wikidata: Q1399773

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