Thomas Bottomore


Thomas Burton Bottomore was a British Marxist sociologist.
Bottomore was Secretary of the International Sociological Association from 1953 to 1959. He was the eighth president of ISA.
He was a prolific editor and translator of Marxist works, notably his collections published in 1963: Marx's Early Writings and Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy.
He was Reader in Sociology at the London School of Economics from 1952 to 1964. He was head of the Department of Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver from 1965 to 1967, leaving after a dispute over academic freedom. He was Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex from 1968 to 1985.
Bottomore edited and contributed to numerous journals of sociology and political science, and edited A Dictionary of Marxist Thought in 1983 and co-edited The Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth century Social Thought published posthumously in 1993.
Bottomore was a member of the British Labour Party.

Works

  • Classes in Modern Society
  • Marx: Selected Writings in Sociology & Social Philosophy editor with Maximilien Rubel
  • Sociology: A Guide to Problems & Literature
  • Early Writings of Karl Marx editor and translator
  • Elites and Society
  • Critics of Society: Radical Thought in North America
  • Karl Marx
  • Karl Marx editor
  • Sociology as Social Criticism ISBN 0-04-301068-7 : £4.25, 0-04-301069-5 : £2.10
  • Marxist Sociology ISBN 0-333-18754-7 : £2.95, 0-333-13774-4 : £1.25
  • A History of Sociological Analysis editor with Robert Nisbet ISBN 0-465-03023-8 : $29.50, 0-465-03024-6
  • Modern Interpretations of Marx editor,
  • Georg Simmel – The Philosophy of Money ) translator with David Frisby ISBN 978-0-415-61011-7
  • A Dictionary of Marxist Thought editor ISBN 0-631-12852-2
  • Sociology and Socialism ISBN 0-7108-0230-7 : £15.95, 0-7108-0235-8 : £4.95
  • Theories of Modern Capitalism ISBN 0-04-301186-1
  • Interpretations of Marx editor ISBN 0-631-15256-3
  • The Capitalist Class: An International Study with Robert J. Brym ISBN 0-7450-0296-X
  • The Socialist Economy-Theory and Practice ISBN 0-7450-0118-1, 0-7450-0119-X
  • Between Marginalism and Marxism: The Economic Sociology of J A Schumpeter ISBN 0-312-09105-2
  • The Frankfurt School ISBN 0-85312-458-2, 0-85312-468-X