Dr Simon Susen

Dr Simon Susen

Lecturer in Sociology

Department of Sociology

Overview

Dr Simon Susen joined City University London as a Lecturer in Sociology in September 2011. He previously held lectureships at Birkbeck College (University of London), Newcastle University, and Goldsmiths College (University of London). He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and studied sociology, politics, and philosophy at a range of international universities and research centres, including the University of Edinburgh, the Colegio de México, the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales in Mexico City, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is Associate Member of the Bauman Institute and Managing Editor of the Journal of Classical Sociology.


Qualifications

MA (Edinburgh), MPhil (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge)

Research interests

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Selected publications

Simon Susen (2011) 'Kritische Gesellschaftstheorie or kritische Gesellschaftspraxis? Robin Celikates, Kritik als soziale Praxis. Gesellschaftliche Selbstverständigung und kritische Theorie (Frankfurt am Main, Campus Verlag, 2009)', Archives Européennes de Sociologie / European Journal of Sociology, 52(3), pp. 447-463.

Simon Susen (2011) 'Epistemological Tensions in Bourdieu's Conception of Social Science', Theory of Science, 33(1), pp. 43-82.

Simon Susen (2011) 'Critical Notes on Habermas's Theory of the Public Sphere', Sociological Analysis, 5(1), pp. 37-62.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (2011) 'Introduction to the Special Issue on Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt', Journal of Classical Sociology, 11(3), pp. 229-239.

Bryan S. Turner and Simon Susen (eds.) (2011) Special Issue: Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt, Journal of Classical Sociology, 11(3), pp. 229-335.

Simon Susen (2011) 'Afterword: Concluding Reflections on the Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu', in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, pp. 367-409.

Simon Susen (2011) 'Bourdieu and Adorno on the Transformation of Culture in Modern Society: Towards a Critical Theory of Cultural Production', in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, pp. 173-202.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (2011) 'Introduction: Preliminary Reflections on the Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu', in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, pp. xiii-xxix.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) (2011) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, 470 pp.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (2011) 'Tradition and Innovation in Classical Sociology: Tenth Anniversary Report of JCS', Journal of Classical Sociology, 11(1), pp. 5-13.

Luc Boltanski, Juliette Rennes, and Simon Susen (2010) 'La fragilité de la réalité. Entretien avec Luc Boltanski. Propos recueillis par Juliette Rennes et Simon Susen', Mouvements, 64, pp. 149-164.

Simon Susen (2010) 'Remarks on the Concept of Critique in Habermasian Thought', Journal of Global Ethics, 6(2), pp. 103-126.

Simon Susen (2010) 'The Transformation of Citizenship in Complex Societies', Journal of Classical Sociology, 10(3), pp. 259-285.

Simon Susen (2010) 'Meadian Reflections on the Existential Ambivalence of Human Selfhood', Studies in Social and Political Thought, 17, pp. 62-81.

Simon Susen (2010) 'Los movimientos sociales en las sociedades complejas', in Celia Basconzuelo, Teresita Morel, and Simon Susen (eds.) Ciudadanía territorial y movimientos sociales. Historia y nuevas problemáticas en el escenario latinoamericano y mundial, Río Cuarto: Ediciones del ICALA, pp. 149-226.

Celia Basconzuelo, Teresita Morel, and Simon Susen (2010) 'Prólogo', in Celia Basconzuelo, Teresita Morel, and Simon Susen (eds.) Ciudadanía territorial y movimientos sociales. Historia y nuevas problemáticas en el escenario latinoamericano y mundial, Río Cuarto: Ediciones del ICALA, pp. 7-10.

Celia Basconzuelo, Teresita Morel, and Simon Susen (eds.) (2010) Ciudadanía territorial y movimientos sociales. Historia y nuevas problemáticas en el escenario latinoamericano y mundial, Río Cuarto: Ediciones del ICALA, 228 pp.

Simon Susen (2009) 'The Philosophical Significance of Binary Categories in Habermas's Discourse Ethics', Sociological Analysis, 3(2), pp. 97-125.

Simon Susen (2009) 'Between Emancipation and Domination: Habermasian Reflections on the Empowerment and Disempowerment of the Human Subject', Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy, 20, pp. 80-110.

Simon Susen (2008) 'Poder y anti-poder (IV-V)', Erasmus: Revista para el diálogo intercultural, 10(2), pp. 133-180.

Simon Susen (2008) 'Poder y anti-poder (I-III)', Erasmus: Revista para el diálogo intercultural, 10(1), pp. 49-90.

Simon Susen (2007) The Foundations of the Social: Between Critical Theory and Reflexive Sociology, Oxford: Bardwell Press, 360 pp.


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Translations

Pierre Bourdieu, Franz Schultheis, and Andreas Pfeuffer (2011) 'With Weber Against Weber: In Conversation With Pierre Bourdieu', in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, pp. 111-124.

Bruno Karsenti (2011) 'From Marx to Bourdieu: The Limits of the Structuralism of Practice', in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, pp. 59-90.

Hans Joas (2008) 'Punishment and Respect: The Sacralization of the Person and its Endangerment', Journal of Classical Sociology, 8(2), pp. 159-177.



Languages

English, German, French, Spanish