Steven Lukes
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FBA Steven Lukes |
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Lukes in İstanbul, Turkey in 2014
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| Born | 8 March 1941 |
| Nationality | British |
| Website | stevenlukes |
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| Alma mater |
University of Oxford (D.Phil., 1968) Balliol College (B.A., 1962) |
| Thesis title | Émile Durkheim: an Intellectual Biography[2] |
| Thesis year | 1968 |
| Doctoral advisor | E. E. Evans-Pritchard |
| Influences | Émile Durkheim |
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| Discipline | Sociologist |
| Institutions | Balliol College, European University Institute, University of Siena, New York University |
Steven Michael Lukes FBA (born 1941) is a British political and social theorist. Currently he is a professor of politics and sociology at New York University. He was formerly a professor at the University of Siena, the European University Institute (Florence) and the London School of Economics. Lukes tutored writer and journalist Christopher Hitchens while he studied at Oxford.
Lukes attended the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne, completing his studies there in 1958. Lukes completed his BA in 1962 at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as a research fellow at Nuffield College and as a lecturer in politics at Worcester College and completed his MA in 1967. In 1968, he completed his doctorate on the work of Émile Durkheim. From 1966 to 1987 he was fellow and tutor in politics at Balliol College. He is a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) and a visiting professor at the University of Paris, New York University, University of California, San Diego, and Hebrew University.
From 1974 to 1983 he was President of the Committee for the History of Sociology of the International Sociological Association.
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