Power and Capital Revisited: The Ruling Class 34 Years Later
States, Societies, and the Rule of Capitalism
Tuesday, October 25, 4pm, 206 Ingraham Hall
The New Political Dynamics of Ideology
Wednesday, October 26, 4pm, 8417 Social Science
Open Seminar for Students, Faculty and Public
Thursday, October 27, 12:20pm, 8108 Social Science
Co-sponsored by GLOBAL STUDIES
GÖRAN THERBORN is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK, and affiliated professor at Linnaeus University, Sweden. He has been co-Director of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, professor of sociology at Gothenburg University, Sweden, and of political science at the Catholic University at Nijmegen, Netherlands. His books include, Science, Class and Society (1976), What Does the Ruling Class Do When It Rules (1978), The Ideology of Power and the Power of Ideology (1980), Why Some Peoples Are More Unemployed Than Others (1985), European Modernity and Beyond: The Trajectory of European Societies, 1945-2000 (1995), Between Sex and Power: Family in the World, 1900-2000 (2004), Inequalities of the World (2006), From Marxism to Postmarxism? (2008), The World: A Beginner’s Guide (2011). He is currently working on a global project on Cities of Power.