From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This list of
sociologists includes people who have made notable contributions to
sociological theory or to
research in one or more
areas of sociology.
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Peter Abell, British sociologist
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Andrew Abbott, American sociologist
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Margaret Abraham, Indian-American sociologist
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Mark Abrams (1906–1994), British sociologist, political scientist and pollster
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Janet Abu-Lughod (1928–2013), American sociologist
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Jane Addams (1860–1935), American social worker, sociologist, public philosopher and reformer
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Theodor Adorno (1903–1969), German philosopher and cultural sociologist
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Richard Alba, American sociologist
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Francesco Alberoni, Italian sociologist
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Martin Albrow, British sociologist
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Jeffrey C. Alexander, American sociologist
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Louis Althusser, French philosopher and sociologist
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Edwin Amenta, American sociologist
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Nancy Ammerman, American sociologist
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Elijah Anderson, American sociologist
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Eric Anderson, American-British sociologist
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Kevin B. Anderson, American sociologist
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Stanislav Andreski, Polish-British sociologist
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Robert Cooley Angell, American sociologist
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Aaron Antonovsky, Israeli sociologist
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Arjun Appadurai, Indian sociologist
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Andrew Arato, Hungarian-American sociologist
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Margaret Archer, British sociologist
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Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German political theorist
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Alcira Argumedo (1940–2021), Argentine sociologist
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Aristoteles (384-322 BCE), Ancient Greek philosopher and sociologist
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Signe Arnfred, Danish sociologist
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Raymond Aron (1905–1983), French philosopher and sociologist
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Stanley Aronowitz, American sociologist
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Giovanni Arrighi, Italian sociologist
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Johan Asplund (1937–2018), Swedish sociologist
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Vilhelm Aubert (1922–1988), Norwegian sociologist
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Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist and novelist
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Élisabeth Badinter (born 1944), French philosopher and historian
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Patrick Baert, British sociologist
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Sergio Bagú, Argentinian sociologist
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Kenneth D. Bailey, American sociologist
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Georges Balandier, French sociologist
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Emily Greene Balch, American professor of sociology and Nobel Peace laureate
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Robert Balch, American sociologist
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E. Digby Baltzell, American sociologist
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Jack Barbalet, Australian sociologist
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Teresita de Barbieri, Uruguayan-born Mexican feminist sociologist
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Eileen Barker (born 1938), British sociologist and professor
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Barry Barnes, British sociologist
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Liberty Barnes, American sociologist
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Roland Barthes (1915–1980), French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician
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Robert Bartholomew (born 1958), American medical sociologist living in New Zealand
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Roger Bartra, Mexican sociologist
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Roger Bastide, French sociologist
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Georges Bataille, French philosopher and sociologist
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Gregory Bateson (1904–1980), English/American cybernetician
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Jean Baubérot (born 1941), French historian and sociologist
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Christian Baudelot, French sociologist
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Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007), French cultural theorist
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Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017), Polish/British sociologist
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Frank Bean, American sociologist
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Peter Bearman (born 1956), American sociologist
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Ulrich Beck (1944–2015), German sociologist
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Gary Becker, American economist
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Howard P. Becker, American sociologist
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Howard S. Becker (1928–2023), American sociologist
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Jens Beckert, German sociologist
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Richard F. Behrendt (1908–1973), German sociologist
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Daniel Bell (1919–2011), American sociologist
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Wendell Bell, American sociologist
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Robert N. Bellah, American sociologist
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Walden Bello, Filipino sociologist
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Edvard Beneš, Czechoslovak sociologist and politician
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Reinhard Bendix, German-American sociologist
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Walter Benjamin (1892–1940), German cultural writer and sociologist
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Albert Benschop (1949–2018), Dutch sociologist
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Joseph Berger, American sociologist
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Peter L. Berger (1929–2017), Austro-American sociologist
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Solveig Bergman (born 1955), Finnish sociologist active in gender studies
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Pierre L. van den Berghe, Belgian sociologist
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Henri Bergson (1859–1941), French philosopher
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Jessie Bernard, American feminist sociologist
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Eduard Bernstein, German politician and intellectual
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Jean-Michel Berthelot, French sociologist
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Andre Beteille, Indian sociologist
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Gurminder K. Bhambra, British sociologist
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Krishna Bhattachan, Nepalese sociologist
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Robert Bierstedt, American sociologist
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Norman Birnbaum, American sociologist
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Margunn Bjørnholt (born 1958), Norwegian sociologist and economist
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Donald Black, American sociologist
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Peter Blau (1918–2002), American sociologist
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Kathleen M. Blee (born 1953), American sociologist
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Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg (born 1929), German sociologist, ethnologist, and sexologist
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Danielle Bleitrach (born 1938), French sociologist and journalist
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Fred L. Block, American sociologist
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David Bloor, British sociologist
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Herbert Blumer (1900–1987), American sociologist
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Olivier Bobineau (born 1972), French sociologist
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Sophie Body-Gendrot (1942–2018), French sociologist
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Luc Boltanski, French sociologist
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Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, American sociologist
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Scott Boorman (born 1949), American sociologist
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Charles Booth, British social researcher
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Ernst Borinski (1901–1983), German sociologist
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Thomas Bottomore (1920–1992), British sociologist
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Raymond Boudon, French sociologist
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Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002), French sociologist
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Victor Branford (1863–1930), British sociologist
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Ronald Breiger, American sociologist
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John David Brewer (born 1951), British sociologist
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Carl Brinkmann (1885–1954), German sociologist
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David G. Bromley, American sociologist
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Rogers Brubaker, American sociologist
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Hauke Brunkhorst, German sociologist
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José Joaquín Brunner, Chilean sociologist
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Hans Henrik Reventlow Bruun, Danish sociologist
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Walter F. Buckley, American sociologist
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Michael Burawoy, American sociologist
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Ernest Burgess (1886–1966), Canadian sociologist
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Tom R. Burns, European-American sociologist
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Ronald Burt, American sociologist
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Judith Butler (born 1956), American gender theorist
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Alain Caillé, French sociologist
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Roger Caillois, French sociologist
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Craig Calhoun, American sociologist
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Michel Callon, French sociologist
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Charles Camic, American sociologist
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Elias Canetti, Bulgaria-born novelist and outsider sociologist
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Georges Canguilhem, French intellectual
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Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born 1931), Brazilian sociologist, former President of Brazil
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Gabriel Careaga Medina, Mexican sociologist
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Kathleen Carley, American computational sociologist
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Antonio Caso, Mexican sociologist
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Robert Castel, French sociologist
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Julieta Castellanos (born 1952), Honduran sociologist
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Manuel Castells (born 1942), Spanish sociologist and urban planner
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Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997), Greek philosopher and political theorist
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Santiago Castro-Gómez, Colombian philosopher and sociologist
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Michel de Certeau, French cultural sociologist
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Karen A. Cerulo, American sociologist
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Francis Stuart Chapin (1888–1974), American sociologist
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Christopher Chase-Dunn, American sociologist
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Louis Chauvel (born 1967), French sociologist
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Albert Chavannes, American sociologist
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Andrew Cherlin, American sociologist
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Nancy Chodorow (born 1944), American sociologist, psychoanalyst, and gender theorist
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Nicholas A. Christakis, American sociologist
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Ann-Dorte Christensen, Danish sociologist
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Chua Beng Huat, Singaporean sociologist
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Aaron Cicourel, American sociologist
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Dieter Claessens (1921–1997), German sociologist
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Lars Clausen (1935–2010), German sociologist
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Marshall B. Clinard (1911–2010), American sociologist (criminology)
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Clifford Clogg, American sociologist
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Richard Cloward (1926–2001), American sociologist
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Philip N. Cohen, American sociologist
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Ronald L. Cohen, American social psychologist
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Stanley Cohen, British sociologist (criminology)
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James Samuel Coleman (1926–1995), American sociologist
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Harry Collins, British sociologist
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Patricia Hill Collins (born 1948), American sociologist
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Randall Collins, American sociologist
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Auguste Comte (1798–1857), French founder of sociology
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Nicolas de Condorcet, French mathematician and early sociologist
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Dalton Conley, American sociologist
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R.W. Connell (born 1944), Australian sociologist
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Paul Connerton, British sociologist
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Karen Cook, American sociologist
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Charles Cooley (1864–1929), American sociologist
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Anna Julia Cooper, American sociologist
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Lewis A. Coser (1913–2003), American sociologist
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Carl J. Couch (1925–1994), American sociologist
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Douglas E. Cowan, Canadian sociologist
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Maxine Leeds Craig, American sociologist
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Rosemary Crompton, British sociologist
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Colin Crouch, British sociologist
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Michel Crozier, French sociologist
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Agustin Cueva, Ecuadorian sociologist
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Stefan Czarnowski (1879–1937), Polish sociologist
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Robert Dahl (1915–2014), American political scientist
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Ralf Dahrendorf (1929–2009), German-British sociologist and politician
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Dankwart Danckwerts (1933–2012), German sociologist
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Randy David, Filipino sociologist
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Leonore Davidoff (1932–2014), American-British sociologist and historian
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Kingsley Davis (1908–1997), American sociologist
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Georges Davy (1883–1976), French sociologist
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François de Singly, French sociologist
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Régis Debray, French mediologist
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Alexander Deichsel (born 1935), German sociologist
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Christine Delphy (born 1941), French sociologist, feminist, and theorist
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Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995), French philosopher
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Donatella della Porta, Italian sociologist and political scientist
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Christine Delphy, French sociologist
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Bogdan Denitch (1929–2016), American sociologist
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Norman K. Denzin, American sociologist
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Régis Dericquebourg (born 1947), French sociologist of religions
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Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), French philosopher
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Matthew Desmond, American sociologist
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Heinz Dieterich, German-Mexican sociologist
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Bulent Diken, Danish sociologist
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Wilhelm Dilthey (1833–1911), German historian, psychologist and sociologist
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Helen Dinerman (1920–1974), American public opinion researcher
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Gail Dines, British-American sociologist
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Paul DiMaggio, American cultural sociologist
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Georgi Dimitrov Dimitrov, Bulgarian sociologist
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Thomas A. DiPrete, American sociologist
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Stuart C. Dodd (1900–1975), American sociologist
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G. William Domhoff, American sociologist
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Orna Donath, Israeli sociologist
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Pierpaolo Donati, Italian sociologist
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Ronald P. Dore, British sociologist
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Theotônio dos Santos, Brazilian sociologist
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Mary Douglas (1921–2007), British anthropologist and sociologist of perception
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Tommy Douglas (1904–1986), Canadian politician
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W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963), American sociologist and civil rights leader
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Denis Duclos, French sociologist
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Otis Dudley Duncan (1921–2004), American sociologist
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Mitchell Duneier, American sociologist
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Eric Dunning (1936–2019), British sociologist
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Émile Durkheim (1858–1917), French sociologist
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Troy Duster, American sociologist
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Maurice Duverger (1917–2014), French sociologist
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Jean Duvignaud (1921–2007), French sociologist
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Gerald L. Eberlein (1930–2010), German sociologist
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Alain Ehrenberg, French sociologist
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Eugen Ehrlich, German sociologist
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Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (1923–2010), Israeli sociologist
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Riane Eisler (born 1931), cultural historian, systems scientist, educator, and attorney
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Glen Elder, American sociologist
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Norbert Elias (1897–1990), German sociologist
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Jacques Ellul (1912-1994), French sociologist
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Jon Elster, Norwegian sociologist
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Mustafa Emirbayer, American sociologist
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Hugo O. Engelmann (1917–2002), American sociologist
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Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), German socialist philosopher
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Paula England, American sociologist
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Ronald Enroth (born 1938), American sociologist
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Kai T. Erikson (born 1931), American sociologist
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Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo, Mexican sociologist
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Gosta Esping-Andersen, Danish sociologist
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Roger Establet, French sociologist
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Amitai Etzioni (born 1929), American sociologist
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Peter B. Evans, American sociologist
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Orlando Fals Borda (1925–2008), Colombian sociologist
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Frantz Fanon, Martinican intellectual and sociologist
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Rick Fantasia, American sociologist
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Thomas Fararo (1933–2020), American mathematical sociologist
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Sara R. Farris, Italian sociologist of feminism and migration
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Didier Fassin, French sociologist
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Paul Fauconnet (1874–1938), French sociologist
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Joe Feagin, American sociologist
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Mike Featherstone, British sociologist
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Fei Xiaotong (1910–2005), Chinese sociologist and anthropologist
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Anuška Ferligoj, Slovenian mathematical sociologist
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Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), Brazilian sociologist
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Myra Marx Ferree (born 1949), American sociologist
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Enrico Ferri, Italian sociologist and criminologist
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Mileva Filipović (1938-2020), Montenegrin sociologist and gender studies pioneer
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Gary Alan Fine (born 1950), American sociologist
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Claude Fischer (born 1948), American author of the subcultural theory of urbanism
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George Fitzhugh (1806–1881), American social theorist
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Crystal Marie Fleming (born 1981), American sociologist and author
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Peter Flora, Austrian sociologist
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Heinz von Foerster (1911–2002), Austrian/American cybernetician
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Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002), Dutch sociologist author and politician
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Daniel A. Foss (1940–2014), American sociologist
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John Bellamy Foster, American sociologist and journalist
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Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher
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Alfred Jules Émile Fouillée, French philosopher and sociologist
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Charles Fourier (1772–1837), French proto-sociologist
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Mary Frank Fox, American sociologist
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Renée Fox, American sociologist
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Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005), German economic historian and sociologist
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Nancy Fraser, American social theorist
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Hans Freyer (1887–1969), German sociologist and philosopher
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Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), Brazilian sociologist
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Erhard Friedberg, Austrian sociologist
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Georges Friedmann, French sociologist
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Steve Fuller, American sociologist
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Frank Furstenberg, American sociologist
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Celso Furtado (1920–2004), Brazilian economist
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Luciano Gallino, Italian sociologist
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Francis Galton (1822–1911), English statistician
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Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist, mathematician, and founder of peace studies
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Diego Gambetta, Italian sociologist
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Herbert Gans (born 1927), American sociologist
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Néstor García Canclini, Argentinian-Mexican sociologist
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Brígida García Guzmán, Dominican-Mexican sociologist
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Delphine Gardey (born 1967), French sociologist
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Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011), American sociologist
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David W Garland, British sociologist
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Manuel Antonio Garretón, Chilean sociologist
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Marcel Gauchet, French sociologist
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John Gaventa, American-British sociologist
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Patrick Geddes, Scottish sociologist
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Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist
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Arnold Gehlen (1904–1976), German philosopher and sociologist
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Theodor Geiger (1891–1952), German sociologist
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Ernest Gellner (1925–1995), Czech-British philosopher and social anthropologist
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Uta Gerhardt, German sociologist
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Govind Sadashiv Ghurye (1893–1983), Indian sociologist
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Anthony Giddens (born 1938), English sociologist
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Franklin Henry Giddings, American sociologist
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Nigel Gilbert, British sociologist
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist
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Paul Gilroy, British sociologist
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Salvador Giner, Spanish sociologist
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Corrado Gini (1884–1965), Italian statistician
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Morris Ginsberg, British sociologist
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Herbert Gintis, American behavioral scientist
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Henry Giroux, American sociologist of education
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Todd Gitlin, American sociologist
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Barney Glaser, American sociologist
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David Glass (1911–1978), British sociologist
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Barry Glassner (born 1952), American sociologist
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Nathan Glazer, American sociologist
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Max Gluckman (1911–1975), South African/English social anthropologist
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Erving Goffman (1922–1982), Canadian interactionistic sociologist
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Steven J. Gold (born 1955), American sociologist
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Lucien Goldmann, Romanian/French sociologist
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Jack Goldstone, American sociologist
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John H. Goldthorpe (born 1935), British sociologist
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Yasunosuke Gonda, Japanese sociologist
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Jeff Goodwin, American sociologist
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Alvin Gouldner, American sociologist
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Ziya Gökalp (1876–1924), Turkish sociologist, writer, poet and political activist
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Isacque Graeber (1905–1984), sociologist and Jewish historian
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Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937), Italian Marxist and social theorist
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Mark Granovetter, American sociologist
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Richard Grathoff (1934–2013), German sociologist and phenomenologist
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Andrew M. Greeley, American sociologist, priest, writer
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Liah Greenfeld (born 1954), Russian/American sociologist
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Leonid Grinin (born 1958), Russian sociologist
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Wendy Griswold, American sociologist
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Ramón Grosfoguel, Puerto Rican sociologist
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Jaber F. Gubrium , American sociologist
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Ludwig Gumplowicz (1838–1909), Polish sociologist, one of the founders of European sociology
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Dipankar Gupta (born 1949), Indian sociologist
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Georges Gurvitch, Russian/French sociologist
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Dimitrie Gusti (1880–1955), Romanian sociologist, the creator of the sociological monographic method
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Jürgen Habermas (born 1929), German social theorist
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Jeffrey K. Hadden (1937–2003), American sociologist
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Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945), French philosopher and sociologist
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Drew Halfmann (born 1967), American sociologist
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Bente Halkier, Danish sociologist
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John A. Hall (born 1949), British/Canadian sociologist
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Stuart Hall (1932–2014), British cultural theorist
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Jean Halley, American sociologist
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Donna Haraway (born 1944), American gender and technology theorist
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Eszter Hargittai, Hungarian sociologist
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Marta Harnecker, Chilean sociologist
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Chandrakala A. Hate (1903–1990), Indian sociologist, social worker, and author
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Darnell Hawkins (born 1946), American sociologist, criminologist, and emeritus professor
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Amos Hawley, American sociologist
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Peter Hedström, Swedish sociologist
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Samuel Heilman, American sociologist
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Wilhelm Heitmeyer, German sociologist
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Dirk Helbing, Swiss sociologist
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Horst Helle, German sociologist
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Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher and sociologist
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Celia Stopnicka Heller (1922–2011), American sociologist
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Will Herberg (1901–1977), American sociologist
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John Heritage, American sociologist
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Robert Hertz, French sociologist
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Danièle Hervieu-Léger, French sociologist
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Michael D. Higgins, Irish sociologist and current Irish president
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Reuben Hill, American sociologist
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Ulf Himmelstrand, Swedish sociologist
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Travis Hirschi, American sociologist
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Paul Hirst, British sociologist
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Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), British philosopher
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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, pioneer British sociologist
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Arlie Russell Hochschild, American sociologist
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Richard Hoggart (1918–2014), British sociologist
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John Holloway, Irish sociologist
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Susanne Holmström, Danish sociologist
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Robert J. Holton, British sociologist
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George C. Homans (1910–1989), American behavioral sociologist
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Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, American sociologist
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Axel Honneth (born 1949), German social theorist
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Ida R. Hoos (1912–2007), American sociologist
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Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), German social theorist
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Irving Louis Horowitz, American sociologist
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Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican sociologist
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François Houtart, Belgian sociologist
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Philip N. Howard, Canadian-American sociologist
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Spomenka Hribar (born 1941), Slovenian sociologist, philosopher politician, and public intellectual
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Joan Huber, American sociologist
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Everett Hughes, American sociologist
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Stephen J. Hunt, British sociologist
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James Davison Hunter, American sociologist
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Herbert Hyman, American sociologist
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Octavio Ianni (1926–2004), Brazilian sociologist
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Ibn Khaldun (1332/ah732–1406/ah808), North African historian, forerunner of modern historiography, sociology, and economics
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Kancha Ilaiah (born 1952), Indian political scientist and social activist
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Eva Illouz, Moroccan sociologist
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Jose Ingenieros, Argentinian sociologist
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Harold Innis, Canadian sociologist who developed staples theory
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John Keith Irwin (1929–2010), American sociologist known for his expertise on the American prison system
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Larry Isaac, American sociologist
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Jacquelyne Jackson (1932–2004), American sociologist and educator
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Stevi Jackson (born 1951), British sociologist
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Jane Jacobs, American theorist with wide influence on urban sociology
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Janet L. Jacobs (born 1948), American sociologist
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Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Danish sociologist
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Eliezer Jaffe, Israeli-American sociologist
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Marie Jahoda (1907–2001), Austrian-British sociologist and social psychologist
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Marie Jaisson, French sociologist
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Ayesha Jalal, Pakistani-American historian, sociologist, and professor
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Fredric Jameson, American philosopher and social theorist
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Morris Janowitz, American sociologist
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James M. Jasper (born 1957), American sociologist
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Guillermina Jasso, American sociologist
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Gail Jefferson (1938–2008), American sociologist and conversation analyst
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Yasmin Jiwani, feminist academic and activist
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Hans Joas, German social theorist
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Carole Joffe, American sociologist
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Benton Johnson (born 1928), American sociologist
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Guy Benton Johnson (1901–1991), American sociologist
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Miriam M. Johnson (1928–2007), American sociologist
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Rodrigo Jokisch (born 1946), German-Mexican sociologist and social theorist
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Frank Lancaster Jones (born 1937), Australian sociologist
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Lewis Wade Jones (1910–1979), African/American sociologist and educator
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Danny Jorgensen, American sociologist
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Paul Jorion, Belgian American sociologist and cognitive scientist
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Mark Juergensmeyer, American sociologist
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Dirk Kaesler (born 1944), German sociologist
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Boris Kagarlitsky, Russian sociologist
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Irawati Karve, Indian anthropologist and sociologist
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Alexandr Kapto, Russian and Ukrainian scientist, sociologist, and political scientist; a diplomat, journalist, politician, and statesman
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Elihu Katz, American sociologist
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Nitasha Kaul, Indian Kashmiri sociologist, writer, and poet
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Karl Kautsky, Czech Marxist theorist
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Vytautas Kavolis, Lithuanian-American sociologist and literary critic
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Frances Kellor (1873–1952), American sociologist, social reformer, and investigator
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Stephen A. Kent, Canadian sociologist
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Lane Kenworthy, American sociologist
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Sherin Khankan, Danish sociologist
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Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009), Moroccan literary critic, novelist, philosopher, playwright, poet, and sociologist
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Aquila Berlas Kiani (1921–2012), Indian sociologist and educator
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Benjamin Kidd, British sociologist
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Baruch Kimmerling, Israeli sociologist
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Susan Myra Kingsbury (1870–1949), American sociologist
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Julieta Kirkwood (1936–1985), Chilean sociologist, political scientist, and feminist activist
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Evelyn M. Kitagawa (1920–2007), American sociologist, demographer, and educator
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John Kitsuse, Japanese-American sociologist
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Gabriele Klein (born 1957), sociologist, dance theorist, and educator
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Bernardo Kliksberg, Argentinian sociologist
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Eric Klinenberg, American sociologist
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Karin Knorr Cetina (born 1944), Austrian sociologist
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Antonina Kłoskowska (1919–2001), Polish sociologist
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Karin Knorr Cetina (born 1944), Austrian sociologist
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Katsuya Kodama (born 1959), Japanese sociologist and peace researcher
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Martin Kohli, Swiss sociologist
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Mirra Komarovsky (1905–1999), Russian-American sociologist
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René König (1906–1992), German sociologist
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Andrey Korotayev (born 1961), Russian sociologist
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Reinhart Koselleck (1923–2006), German historian and social theorist
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Maksim Kovalevsky (1851–1916), Russian sociologist
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Siegfried Kracauer, German sociologist
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Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French feminist sociologist
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Alfred L. Kroeber (1876–1960), American anthropologist
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Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921), Russian anarchist thinker
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Thomas S. Kuhn (1922–1996), American science theorist
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Eugene M. Kulischer (1891–1956), Russian/American sociologist
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Charles Kurzman, American sociologist
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Martin Kusch, Austrian philosopher and sociologist
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William Labov (born 1927), American sociolinguist and dialectologist
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Jacques Lacan (1901–1981), French psychoanalyst
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Richard Lachmann, American sociologist, specialist in comparative historical sociology
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Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian sociologist
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Joyce Ladner, American sociologist and activist
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Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher
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Janja Lalich (born 1945), American sociologist
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Michele Lamont, American sociologist
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Diane Lamoureux (born 1954), Canadian sociologist, professor, and writer
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Edgardo Lander, Venezuelan sociologist
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David C. Lane (born 1956), American sociologist
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Silvia Lara Povedano, Costa Rican politician and sociologist
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Annette Lareau, American sociologist
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Ralph Larkin, American sociologist
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Scott Lash, American sociologist
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Harold Lasswell, American political sociologist
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Bruno Latour (born 1947), French sociologist of science
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Peter Lavrovich Lavrov, Russian sociologist
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John Law, British sociologist
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Paul F. Lazarsfeld (1901–1976), Austrian/American sociologist
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Gustave Le Bon (1841–1931), French social psychologist
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Frederic Le Play, early French sociologist
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Anna Leander, Danish sociologist
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Emil Lederer, German sociologist
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Henri Lefebvre (1901–1991),
French
Marxist philosopher
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Enrique Leff, Mexican sociologist
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Charles Lemert (born 1937), American sociologist
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Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and intellectual
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Gerhard Lenski, American evolutionary sociologist
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Magdalena León de Leal (born 1939), Colombian sociologist
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Wolf Lepenies, German sociologist
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Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist
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John Levi Martin, American sociologist
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Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologist
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Jack Levin (born 1941), American sociologist/criminologist
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Barry B. Levine (1941–2020), American sociologist
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Peggy Levitt, American sociologist
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Ruth Levitas, British sociologist
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Daniel Levy, German-American sociologist
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Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857–1939), French philosopher, sociologist, and ethnographer
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Kurt Lewin, German social psychologist
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Loet Leydesdorff, Dutch sociologist
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Li Yinhe (born 1952), Chinese sociologist, sexologist, and activist
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Stanley Lieberson, American sociologist
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Nan Lin, American sociologist
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Alfred R. Lindesmith (1905–1991), American sociologist of drug policy
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Frederick B. Lindstrom (1915–1998), American sociologist of the arts
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Juan José Linz, Spanish sociologist
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Gilles Lipovetsky, French philosopher
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Seymour Martin Lipset (1922–2006), American comparativist sociologist
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Allen Liska, American sociologist
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Daniel Little, American philosopher and sociologist
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Émile Littré, French philosopher and sociologist, disciple of Comte
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Omar Lizardo, American sociologist
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John Locke, English philosopher
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David Lockwood, British sociologist
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Joseph Lopreato, American sociologist
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Martina Löw, German sociologist
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Leo Löwenthal, German sociologist
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Michael Löwy, Brazilian-French sociologist
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Nathalie Luca (born 1966), French sociologist
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Thomas Luckmann (1927–2016), German sociologist
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Anthony Ludovici (1882–1971), British conservative sociologist and philosopher
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Niklas Luhmann (1927–1998), German sociologist (systems theory)
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György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher
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Steven Lukes, British social theorist
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George Lundberg (1895–1966), American sociologist (scientific)
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Rosa Luxemburg (1870–1919), German socialist theoretician
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Robert Staughton Lynd (1892–1970), American sociologist
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David Lyon, British sociologist
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Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998), French philosopher
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Amin Maalouf, Lebanese author with a degree in sociology
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Richard Machalek (born 1946), American sociologist and sociobiologist
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Robert Morrison MacIver (1882–1970), Scottish/American sociologist
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Donald A. MacKenzie, British sociologist
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Annie Marion MacLean (1869–1934), Canadian-American applied sociologist
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Michel Maffesoli, French sociologist
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Henry Maine (1822–1888), British jurist and legal historian
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Sinisa Malesevic (born 1969), Irish political and historical sociologist
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Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942), Polish social anthropologist
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Thomas Malthus (1766–1834), English demographer
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Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Brazilian social theorist
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Michael Mann (born 1942), British/American sociologist
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Karl Mannheim (1893–1947), Hungarian/German sociologist
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Peter K. Manning (born 1940), American sociologist
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José María Maravall, Spanish sociologist
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Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German/American sociologist (Frankfurt School)
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Ruy Mauro Marini, Brazilian sociologist
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Władysław Markiewicz (1920–2017), Polish sociologist
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Catherine Marry, French sociologist
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Dennis Marsden, British sociologist
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Alfred Marshall, English economist
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Thomas Humphrey Marshall, British sociologist
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Everett Dean Martin, American sociologist
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Jean Martin, Australian sociologist
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John Levi Martin, American sociologist
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Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), English writer described as 'first female sociologist'
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Alberto Martinelli, Italian sociologist
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Vladimir Martynenko (born 1957), Russian sociologist, economist, political scientist
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Margaret Maruani (born 1954), Tunisian-French sociologist
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Gary T. Marx, American sociologist
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Karl Marx (1818–1883), German political philosopher, social theorist
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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist
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Douglas Massey, American sociologist
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Brian Massumi, Canadian social theorist
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Humberto Maturana, Chilean biologist and sociologist of knowledge
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Marcel Mauss (1872–1950), French sociologist
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Carl R May (born 1961), British medical sociologist
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Claire Maxwell (born 1975), German-Australian sociologist
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Renate Mayntz, German sociologist
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Doug McAdam, American sociologist
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Fayette Avery McKenzie (1872–1957), American sociologist
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Robert McKenzie (1917–1981), Canadian Politics professor and psephologist
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Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar
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George Herbert Mead (1863–1931), American philosopher and social psychologist
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Margaret Mead (1901–1978), American cultural anthropologist
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Cecilia Menjívar, Salvadoran-American sociologist
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Stephen Mennell (born 1944), English sociologist
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Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015), Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist
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Robert K. Merton (1910–2003), American sociologist
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Michael Messner (born 1952), American pro-feminist sociologist
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John W. Meyer, American sociologist
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Robert Michels (1876–1936), Italian-German political sociologist
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Maria Mies, German sociologist
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Ralph Miliband, British sociologist
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C. Wright Mills (1916–1962), American sociologist
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Andrew Milner (born 1950), British-Australian sociologist of literature
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Ann Mische, American sociologist
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Munesuke Mita, Japanese sociologist
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J. Clyde Mitchell (1918–1995), British social anthropologist
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Shinji Miyadai (born 1959), Japanese sociologist
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Tariq Modood, British sociologist
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Abraham Moles (1920–1992), French sociologist, psychologist, and engineer
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Andres Molina Enriquez, Mexican sociologist
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Montesquieu, French philosopher
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James D. Montgomery, American economist and mathematical sociologist
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Barrington Moore, Jr., American political sociologist
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Jacob L. Moreno, Romanian-American psychosociologist, founder of sociometry
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Edgar Morin, French sociologist
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Aldon Morris, American sociologist
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Gaetano Mosca (1858–1941), Italian political and social scientist
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Serge Moscovici, French psychologist and major influence in the study of social representations and social movements
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Chantal Mouffe, Belgian post-Marxist theorist
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927–2003), American sociologist, diplomat and politician
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Radhakamal Mukerjee, Indian sociologist
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Lewis Mumford, American sociologist
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Peter A. Munch (1908–1984), Norwegian/American sociologist
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Richard Münch, German sociologist
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Charles Murray (born 1943), American sociologist
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Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist
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Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987), Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician
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Ashis Nandy, Indian sociologist
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Vicenç Navarro, Spanish sociologist
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Victor Nee, American sociologist
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Antonio Negri, Italian political philosopher and critic of Luhmann
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Oswald von Nell-Breuning (1890–1991), German Roman Catholic theologian, sociologist and social reformer
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Otto Neurath (1882–1945), Austrian sociologist and political economist
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Otto Newman (born Neumann 1922–2015), Austrian-British sociologist
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Norman H. Nie (1943–2015), Inventor of SPSS
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Robert Nisbet (1913–1996), American sociologist
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Helga Nowotny (born 1937), Austrian sociologist
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Ann Oakley, British sociologist
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Claus Offe (born 1940), German sociologist
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William F. Ogburn (1886–1959), American sociologist
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Lloyd Ohlin (1918–2008), American sociologist
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Orlandina de Oliveira, Brazilian-Mexican sociologist
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Michael Omi, American sociologist
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Gail Omvedt (1941–2021), American/Indian sociologist
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T. K. Oommen, Indian sociologist
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Franz Oppenheimer (1864–1943), German sociologist and political economist
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José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), Spanish philosopher
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Stanislaw Ossowski (1897–1963), Polish sociologist
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Dag Østerberg, Norwegian sociologist
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Moisey Ostrogorsky (1853–1921), Russian sociologist
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Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), Italian economist and sociologist
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Robert E. Park (1864–1944), American sociologist
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Talcott Parsons (1902–1979), American sociologist
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C.J. Pascoe, American sociologist
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Jean-Claude Passeron, French sociologist
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Orlando Patterson, Jamaican-American sociologist
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Karl Pearson (1857–1936), English statistician
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Willie Pearson Jr, American sociologist
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Jacqueline Peschard (1965), Mexican sociologist
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James Petras, American sociologist
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Jean Piaget (1896–1980), Swiss developmental psychologist
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Andrew Pickering, British sociologist
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Trevor Pinch, British sociologist
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Alessandro Pizzorno, Italian sociologist
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Michael Plekon, American sociologist
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Helmuth Plessner, German sociologist
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Geoffrey Pleyers, Belgian sociologist
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Joel M. Podolny, American sociologist
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Karl Polanyi, Hungarian economist
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Friedrich Pollock, German social scientist
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Heinrich Popitz, German sociologist
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Karl Popper, Austrian philosopher
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Juan Carlos Portantiero, Argentinian sociologist
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John Porter (1921–1979), Canadian sociologist
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Alejandro Portes, Cuban-American sociologist
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Adam Possamai, Belgian Born Sociologist
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Nicos Poulantzas (1936–1979), Greek political sociologist
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Émile Poulat, French historian and sociologist
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Walter W. Powell, American sociologist
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Ricardo Pozas Arciniega, Mexican sociologist and anthropologist
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Suzana Prates (1940-1988), Brazilian feminist sociologist and academic
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Anette Prehn, Danish sociologist
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Harriet B. Presser (died 2012), American sociologist and demographer
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Samuel H. Preston, American demographer and sociologist
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Ilya Prigogine, Belgian chemist, main contribution to sociology is dissipative structures theory
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865), French
utopian socialist thinker
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Adam Przeworski, Polish political sociologist
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Jade Puget (born 1973), American musician
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Robert Putnam (born 1941), American political scientist
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Bindeshwar Pathak (born 1943), Indian sociologist
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Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown (1881–1955), British social anthropologist
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Charles C. Ragin, American sociologist
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Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austrian sociologist
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Stephen Raudenbush, American sociologist and statistician
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Aviad Raz (born 1968), Israeli sociologist and anthropologist
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Mark Regnerus, American sociologist
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Juliette Rennes (born 1976), French sociologist
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Sal Restivo, American sociologist
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John Rex (1925–2011), British sociologist
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James Mahmud Rice (born 1972), Australian sociologist
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Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher
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Cecilia L. Ridgeway, American sociologist
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David Riesman, American sociologist
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George Ritzer (born 1940), American sociologist
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Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, Bolivian sociologist
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Roland Robertson, British sociologist
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William I. Robinson, American sociologist
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Guy Rocher, Canadian sociologist
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Terje Rød-Larsen (born 1947), Norwegian diplomat and sociologist
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Jesús M. de Miguel Rodríguez (born 1947), Spanish sociologist
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Stein Rokkan, Norwegian sociologist
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Hartmut Rosa, German sociologist
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Arnold Marshall Rose, American sociologist
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Gillian Rose, British sociologist
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Nikolas Rose, British sociologist
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Paul Rosenfels (1909–1985), American psychologist and sociologist
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Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888–1973), German social philosopher
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher
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Peter H. Rossi, American sociologist
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Guenther Roth, German-American sociologist
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Rubén G. Rumbaut, Cuban-American sociologist
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W. G. Runciman, British sociologist
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Arne Runeberg (1912–1979), Finnish sociologist, anthropologist and linguist
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Harvey Sacks (died 1975), American sociologist and ethnomethodologist
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Renaud Sainsaulieu (1936–2002), French sociologist concerned with the sociology of organizations
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Henri de Saint-Simon (1760–1825), French philosopher and social thinker
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Patricia Salas O'Brien (born 1958), Peruvian sociologist and Minister of Education
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Robert J. Sampson, American sociologist
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Pierre Sansot, French sociologist
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Andrew Sayer, British sociologist
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Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Portuguese sociologist
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Giovanni Sartori (1924–2017), Italian political scientist
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Saskia Sassen (born 1949), American sociologist
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Peter Saunders, Australian sociologist
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Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913), Swiss linguist (structuralism)
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Albert Schäffle, German sociologist
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Thomas J. Scheff, American sociologist
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Emanuel Schegloff, American sociologist
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Max Scheler, German philosopher and founder of the sociology of knowledge
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Helmut Schelsky (1912–1984), German sociologist
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Juraj Schenk (born 1948), Slovak sociologist
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Herbert Schiller, American sociologist
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Kurt C. Schlichting, American sociologist
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Wolfgang Schluchter, German sociologist
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Sylvia Schmelkes, Mexican sociologist
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Paul Schnabel, Dutch sociologist
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Allan Schnaiberg (1939–2009), American environmental sociologist
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Juliet Schor, American sociologist
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Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883–1950), Austrian economist
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Alfred Schütz (1899–1959), Austrian philosopher and sociologist (phenomenology)
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Michael Schwartz (born 1942), American sociologist
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John Scott (born 1949), British sociologist
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Sue Scott, British sociologist
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Leonard Seabrooke, Australian sociologist
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Jean Séguy, French sociologist of religions (1925–2007)
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Steven Seidman, American sociologist
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Pınar Selek, Turkish sociologist
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Philip Selznick, American sociologist
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Amartya Sen, Indian economist influential in the sociology of development
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Richard Sennett (born 1943), American sociologist and public figure
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Perla Serfaty (born 1944), Moroccan-born French and Canadian academic, sociologist, psychosociologist, writer
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William H. Sewell, American sociologist
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Steven Shapin, American sociologist
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Jeremy J. Shapiro, American sociologist
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Ali Shariati (1933–1977), Iranian sociologist and writer
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Tamotsu Shibutani, Japanese-American sociologist
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Bahija Ahmed Shihab (1932–2012), Iraqi sociologist and professor
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Edward Shils, American sociologist
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Anson Shupe, American sociologist
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Volkmar Sigusch, German sociologist and sexuologe
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Charles E. Silberman, American criminologist
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Beverly J. Silver, American sociologist
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François Simiand, French sociologist
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Georg Simmel (1858–1918), German sociologist and philosopher
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Herbert A. Simon, American social scientist
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Theda Skocpol (born 1947), American sociologist and political scientist
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Albion Woodbury Small (1854–1926), American sociologist
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Neil Smelser, American sociologist
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Adam Smith (1723–1790), Scottish economist and philosopher
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Christian Smith (born 1960), American sociologist of religion
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Dorothy E. Smith (born 1926), British/American sociologist and gender theorist
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Stephen C. Smith (born 1968), American sociologist and 21st century trend researcher
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Tom Snijders, Dutch mathematical sociologist
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David A. Snow (born 1942), American sociologist
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Werner Sombart (1863–1941), German economist and sociologist
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Georges Sorel, French philosopher
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Aage B. Sørensen, Danish-American sociologist
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Bernardo Sorj (born 1948), Brazilian sociologist
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Pitirim Sorokin (1889–1968), Russian sociologist
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Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), English philosopher
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Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), German philosopher
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Lynette Spillman, American sociologist
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Hasso Spode, German sociologist and historian
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M N Srinivas (1916–1999), Indian sociologist
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Susan Star, American sociologist
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Carl Nicolai Starcke, Danish sociologist
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David C. Stark, American sociologist
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Rodney Stark, American sociologist
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Paul Starr, American sociologist
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Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Mexican anthropologist and sociologist
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George Steinmetz, American sociologist
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Ana María Díaz Stevens, Puerto Rican-American sociologist
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Samuel A. Stouffer, American sociologist
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Anselm L. Strauss (1916–1996), American sociologist
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Wolfgang Streeck, German sociologist
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Sheldon Stryker, American sociologist
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Lucy Suchman, American sociologist
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Mark Suchman, American sociologist
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Thomas Sugrue, American historian and sociologist
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William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), American sociologist
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Eilert Sundt (1817–1875), Norwegian sociologist
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Edwin Sutherland (1893–1950), American criminologist
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Maristella Svampa, Argentinian sociologist
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Ian Svenonius, American cultural sociologist
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Richard Swedberg, Swedish sociologist
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Ann Swidler, American sociologist
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Jan Szczepanski (1913–2004), Polish sociologist
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Iván Szelényi, Hungarian-American sociologist
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Piotr Sztompka (born 1944), Polish sociologist
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Hippolyte Taine (1828–1893), French
positivist historian and critic
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Yasuma Takada (1883–1972), Japanese sociologist
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Salim Tamari, Palestinian historical sociologist
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Lisa Taraki, Palestinian sociologist
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Alexander Tarasov, Russian sociologist
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Gabriel Tarde (1843–1904), French sociologist and social psychologist
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Sidney Tarrow, American sociologist
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R. H. Tawney (1880–1962), English ethical socialist
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Dorceta Taylor, American environmental sociologist
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Ian Taylor (1944–2001), English sociologist and criminologist
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Laurie Taylor (born 1936), English sociologist and broadcaster
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Göran Therborn, Swedish-British sociologist
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W. I. Thomas (1863–1947), American social psychologist
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E. P. Thompson (1924–1993), British socialist historian
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John Thompson (1979–2021), British sociologist of culture and media
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Sarah Thornton (born 1965), Canadian sociologist, writer, and ethnographer
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Ole Thyssen, Danish sociologist
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Marta Tienda, American sociologist
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Charles Tilly (1929–2008), American sociologist
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Nicholas Timasheff (1886–1970), Russian sociologist
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Valery Tishkov (born 1941), Russian ethnologist and sociologist
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Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859), French essayist and political analyst
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Ferdinand Tönnies (1855–1936), German philosopher and founder of German sociology
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Alain Touraine (1925–2023), French sociologist
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Peter Townsend (1928–2009), British sociologist
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Judith Treas, American sociologist
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Renato Treves (1907–1992), Italian sociologist
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Ernst Troeltsch (1865–1923), German sociologist and philosopher
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Zeynep Tufekci, Turkish-American sociologist
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Raimo Tuomela (1940–2020), Finnish philosopher and social theorist
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Sherry Turkle, American sociologist
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Bryan S. Turner, British sociologist
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Jonathan H. Turner, American social theorist
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Stephen Park Turner, American sociologist
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France Winddance Twine (born 1960), American sociologist and ethnographer
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Mariana Valverde, Canadian sociologist
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Francisco Varela (1946–2001), Chilean biologist and philosopher
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Aninhalli Vasavi (born 1958), Indian sociologist
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Diane Vaughan, American sociologist
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Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), American sociologist and economist
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Ruut Veenhoven, Dutch sociologist
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Calvin Veltman (born 1941), Canadian sociologist, demographer and sociolinguist
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Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, American sociologist
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Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist
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Alfred Vierkandt (1867–1953), German sociologist
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George Edgar Vincent (1864–1941), American sociologist
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Paul Virilio (1932–2018), French philosopher and social theorist
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Shiv Visvanathan, Indian sociologist and social scientist
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Loïc Wacquant, French sociologist
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Peter Wagner, German sociologist and social theorist
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Judy Wajcman, British sociologist
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Sylvia Walby, British sociologist
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Immanuel Wallerstein (1930–2019), American sociologist and historian
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Margit Warburg, Danish sociologist
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Lester Frank Ward (1841–1913), founder of American sociology
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Vron Ware, British educator and journalist
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Mary C. Waters, American sociologist
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Duncan Watts, American mathematical sociologist and network theorist
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Emile Waxweiler (1867–1916), Belgian sociologist
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Beatrice Webb (1858–1943), British socialist and social theorist
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Sidney Webb (1859–1947), British socialist and social theorist
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Alfred Weber (1868–1958), German sociologist
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Marianne Weber (1870–1954), German sociologist
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Max Weber (1864–1920), German sociologist
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Frank Webster (born 1950), British sociologist
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Margaret Weir, sociologist and political scientist
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Barry Wellman (born 1942), Canadian/American sociologist
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862–1931), American sociologist, journalist, social worker
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John Westergaard (1931–2003), British sociologist
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Edvard Westermarck (1862–1939), Finnish sociologist and philosopher
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Nathan Whetten (1900–1984), American sociologist and academic administrator
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Douglas R. White (1942–2021), American mathematical sociologist and anthropologist
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Harrison White, American sociologist
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William Foote Whyte (1914–2000), American sociologist
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William H. Whyte (1917–1999), American sociologist, journalist and peoplewatcher
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Saskia Wieringa (born in 1950), Dutch sociologist and professor
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Leopold von Wiese (1876–1969), German sociologist
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Michel Wieviorka (born 1946), French sociologist
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Jean-Paul Willaime (born 1947), French sociologist of religions
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Sidney M. Willhelm (1934–2018), American sociologist, author
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Raymond Williams (1921–1988), British sociologist, novelist, and critic
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Paul Willis (born 1945), British sociologist and social scientist
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Helmut Willke, German sociologist
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William Julius Wilson (born 1935), American sociologist
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Howard Winant, American sociologist
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Christopher Winship, American sociologist
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Louis Wirth (1897–1952), German/American sociologist
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Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski (1944–2015), Polish sociologist
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José Woldenberg, Mexican sociologist
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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), British social reformer
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Steve Woolgar, British sociologist
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Monroe Work (1866–1945), American sociologist
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Erik Olin Wright (1947–2019), American sociologist
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Robert Wuthnow, American sociologist
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Lewis Yablonsky (1924–2014), American sociologist
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Kazuo Yamaguchi, Japanese sociologist, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
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Masahiro Yamada, Japanese sociologist
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Hajar Yazdiha, American sociologist
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John Milton Yinger (1916–2011), American sociologist, president of the
American Sociological Association 1976–1977
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Paul Yonnet (1948–2011), French sociologist
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Michael Young (1915–2002), British sociologist and
Labour politician
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Benjamin Zablocki (1941–2020), American sociologist and social psychologist
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Mayer Zald (1931–2012), American sociologist
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Tatyana Zaslavskaya (1927–2013), Russian sociologist
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René Zavaleta Mercado (1935–1984), Bolivian sociologist
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Hans Zeisel, Austrian-American sociologist
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Viviana Zelizer, American sociologist
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Eviatar Zerubavel, American cognitive sociologist
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Jean Ziegler (born 1934), Swiss sociologist
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Carle C. Zimmerman, American sociologist
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Florian Znaniecki (1882–1958), Polish/American sociologist
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Irving Zola (1935–1994), American medical sociologist and disability rights activist
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Tukufu Zuberi, American sociologist
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Harriet Zuckerman, American sociologist, specializes in science
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Sharon Zukin, American sociologist
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Phil Zuckerman, American sociologist
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