Scott Lash

Scott Lash is a professor of sociology and cultural studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he directs the Centre for Cultural Studies. He holds a BSc in psychology from the University of Michigan, an MA in sociology from Northwestern University and a PhD from the London School of Economics (1980), began teaching at Lancaster University and became a professor in 1993. He has edited the journal Theory, Culture and Society since 1989. His work on postmodernism develops the idea of de-differentiation, set against modernity as a process of differentiation of spheres such as culture, economy and politics, and he has written of a semiotic society in which signs and spaces dominate daily life. His books include The End of Organized Capitalism (with John Urry, 1987), Sociology of Postmodernism (1990), Reflexive Modernization (1994) and Critique of Information (2002).