British sociologist and philosopher
Ted Benton is a British academic .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Career
As an academic, Benton works as an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Essex .[ 4] He has taught subjects such as social theory and environmental social science for more than forty years.[ 4]
His most notable book is Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies , published by Routledge and was reviewed in Acta Sociologica in 1979 and in the American Journal of Sociology .[ 5] [ 6]
In 2007, he received the Stamford Raffles Award given by the Zoological Society of London.[ 7]
Benton has reviewed books for Sage Journals.[ 8]
Books
Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies (1977)[ 7]
The Rise and Fall of Structural Marxism (1984)
Natural Relations (1993)
Philosophy of Social Science (2001)
The Butterflies of Colchester and North East Essex (2002)
The Easy Butterfly Guide: Britain and Europe (2006)
The SAGE Handbook of Environment and Society (2007)
Nature, Social Relations and Human Needs (2009)
Alfred Russel Wallace: Explorer, Evolutionist, Public Intellectual (2013)
A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Northern Europe (2017)
Solitary Bees (2017)
Solitary Bees Collins New Naturalist (2023) with Nick Owens
Awards
References
^ Benton, Ted (May 16, 1985). "Book Reviews" . Sociology . 19 (2): 324–325. doi :10.1177/0038038585019002031 . S2CID 220673174 .
^ Sharp, Keith (1992). "Biology and Social Science: A Reply to Ted Benton" . Sociology . 26 (2): 219–224. doi :10.1177/0038038592026002005 . JSTOR 42855006 . S2CID 143926527 – via JSTOR.
^ Isaac, Jeffrey (1982). "On Benton's 'Objective Interests and the Sociology of Power': A Critique" . Sociology . 16 (3): 440–444. doi :10.1177/0038038582016003009 . JSTOR 42852456 . S2CID 145102788 – via JSTOR.
^ a b Global, Ted BentonTopics: Ecology Marxism Marxist Ecology Places (May 1, 2019). "Monthly Review | Marx, Animals, and Humans" .
^ "Book Reviews : Ted Benton: Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies, International Library of Sociology, edited by John Rex. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1977, xi + 225 pp" . Acta Sociologica . 22 (2): 205–206. April 1979. doi :10.1177/000169937902200211 . ISSN 0001-6993 . S2CID 220420069 .
^ Hawthorn, Geoffrey (January 1, 1979). "Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies. Ted Benton" . American Journal of Sociology . 84 (4): 1010–1012. doi :10.1086/226879 – via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
^ a b c "Profile for Ted Benton at the University of Essex" . www.essex.ac.uk .
^ Benton, Ted (November 16, 1991). "Book Reviews" . Sociology . 25 (4): 729–731. doi :10.1177/0038038591025004018 . S2CID 220674966 .
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