Goran Therborn is a Swedish sociologist, born on 23 September 1941 in Kalmar, Sweden, who is a professor of sociology at the University of Cambridge.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountPost-Marxist sociologist writing on the intersection of class structure and the state, and on how ideology forms and sustains class domination and political power. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountThe Ideology of Power and the Power of Ideology (1980) 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, nationality there.
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1. Goran Therborn (Wikipedia)
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he is notable for his writing on topics that fall within the general political and sociological framework of post-Marxism.
Notable works section
In his book The Ideology of Power and the Power of Ideology (1980) Therborn departs from Louis Althusser's writings on the formation of ideology by addressing ideological change, the ideological constitution of classes, and ideological domination.
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Göran Therborn FAcSS (23 September 1941, Kalmar, Sweden) is a professor of sociology at Cambridge University.
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