Emeritus Professor William Outhwaite

Professor of Sociology

Email: william.outhwaite@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5817

Background

Qualifications

BA (Oxford)
MA, DPhil (Sussex)

Previous Positions

Professor of Sociology, University of Sussex, Brighton

Memberships

British Sociological Association
European Sociological Association
International Sociological Association

Languages

French, German

Research

Research Interests

Social theory (esp. critical theory); philosophy of social science; history of social thought; contemporary Europe

Current Work

I recently published books on Social Theory (Profile 2015) and Europe Since 1989 (Routledge 2016). Another book on Contemporary Europe (also Routledge) is in press.

Future Research

Further work on European macro-regions; co-editing books on Political Sociology and on the global reception of Habermas's work.

Esteem Indicators

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

Publications

Outhwaite W, ed. Brexit: Sociological Responses. London: Anthem, 2017. In Press.
Ray l, Outhwaite W. Communist Cosmopolitanism. In: Bhambra, G K; Narayan, J, ed. European Cosmopolitanism. Colonial Histries and Postcolonial Societies. Abingdon: Routledge, 2017, pp.47-62.
Outhwaite W. Canons Round Again. In: Baehr,P, ed. Founders, Classics, Canons. New Brunswick: Transaction, 2016, pp.237-250.
Outhwaite W. Contemporary Europe. London: Routledge, 2016.
Outhwaite W. Europe Since 1989: Transitions and Transformations. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2016.
Outhwaite W. Hermeneutics and the Social Sciences. In: Malpas,J and Gander,H-H, ed. Routledge Companion to Hermeneutics. London: Routledge, 2015, pp.486-497.
Outhwaite W. Social Theory: Ideas in Profile. London, UK: Profile Books, 2015.
Outhwaite W. Sociological Theory. In: Holborn,M, ed. Contemporary Sociology. Cambridge: Polity, 2015, pp.602-627. In Press.
Outhwaite W. Zevedei Barbu: An Intellectual Memoir. In: Daniela Maci and Michael Finkenthal, ed. Zevedei Barbu. Psychologist, Sociologist and Philosopher. Bucharest, Romania: Tracus Arte, 2015, pp.158-173.
Outhwaite W. Reconstructive Science and Methodological Dualism in the Work of Jürgen Habermas. Philosophical Inquiry 2014, 38(1-2), 2-18.
Outhwaite W. Europe: the EU and the Non-EU states, former Western and Eastern Europe. In: Sasaki,M;Goldstone,J;Zimmermann,E;Sanderson,S, ed. Concise Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology. Leiden: Brill, 2014, pp.524-539.
Outhwaite W. Habermas. In: Rosa, H; Lamla, Jörn; Laux, Henning; Strecker, D, ed. Handbuch der Soziologie. Stuttgart: UTB (UVK), 2014, pp.178-194.
Outhwaite W. Kontinuitäten und Diskontinuitäten in Habermas' Auseinandersetzung mit dem historischen Materialismus. In: Rapic, S, ed. Habermas und der Historische Materialismus. Freiburg: Karl Alber, 2014, pp.37-45.
Outhwaite W, Spence D. Luc Boltanski in Euroland. In: Susen,S; Turner,B, ed. The Spirit of Luc Boltanski. London: Anthem, 2014, pp.425-444.
Outhwaite W. The Future of European Democracy. European Journal of Social Theory 2014, 17(3), 326-342.
Outhwaite W. Towards a European Society: What can European Sociology Tell Us?. In: Koniordos, S and Kyrtsis, A-A, ed. Routledge Handbook of European Sociology. London: Routledge, 2014, pp.80-97.
Outhwaite W. Communicative Action Theory. In: Kaldis, B, ed. Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences. California, USA: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2013, pp.130-132.
Outhwaite W. Critical Theory and Contemporary Europe. New York, USA: Continuum, 2012.
Outhwaite W. Discourse Ethics. In: Chadwick, R, ed. Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. San Diego, USA: Academic Press, 2012, pp.826-832.
Outhwaite RW. Post Communist Capitalism and Democracy: cutting the postcommunist cake. Journal of Democratic Socialism 2011, 1(1), [1-23].
Outhwaite W, Ray L. Prediction and Prophecy in Communist Studies. Comparative Sociology 2011, 10(5), 691-709.
Outhwaite W. The Rise of the Social. In: Stone A, ed. The Edinburgh Critical History of Nineteenth-Century Philosophy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011, pp.242-258.
Outhwaite W. Bauman’s Europe; Europe’s Bauman. In: Davis M; Tester K, ed. Bauman’s Challenge: Sociological Issues for the 21st Century. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010, pp.1-13.
Outhwaite W. Europe at 21: Transitions and Transformations since 1989. London: LSE, 2010. Available at: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/LEQS/LEQSPaper18b.pdf.
Outhwaite W. Habermas at 80. In: Richard R-C Hwang, ed. Communication, Critique and Praxis: An Anthology on Habermas at 80. Taipei, Taiwan: Asian Culture, 2010, pp.19-52.
Outhwaite W. Legality and Legitimacy in the European Union. In: Thornhill C; Ashenden S, ed. Legality and Legitimacy: Normative and Sociological Approaches. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2010, pp.279-290.
Outhwaite W. What is Left after 1989?. In: Lawson, G., Armbruster, C., Cox, M, ed. The Global 1989: Continuity and Change in World Politics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp.81-98.
Outhwaite W. Canon Formation in Late 20th-Century British Sociology. Sociology 2009, 43(6), 1029-1045.
Outhwaite W. Europe Beyond East and West. In: Rumford C, ed. The SAGE Handbook of European Studies. London: Sage, 2009, pp.52-68.
Outhwaite W. European Civil Society and the European Intellectual: What Is, and How Does One Become, a European Intellectual?. In: Fleck C; Hess A; Lyon ES, ed. Intellectuals and their Publics: Perspectives from the Social Sciences. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2009, pp.59-67.
Outhwaite W. Habermas: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge: Polity, 2009.
Outhwaite W. How Much Capitalism can Democracy Stand (and Vice Versa)?. Radical Politics Today 2009.
Outhwaite W. Realism and Consensus. Sociological Analysis 2009, 3(1), 109-111.
Outhwaite W. Recognition, Reification and (Dis)respect. Economy and Society 2009, 38(2), 360-367.
Outhwaite W. When Did 1968 End?. In: Bhambra GK; Demir I, ed. 1968 in Retrospect: History, Theory, Alterity. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, pp.175-183.
Outhwaite W. European Society. Cambridge: Polity, 2008.
Outhwaite W. Bourdieu and Postcommunist Class Formation. Sociological Research Online 2007, 12(6), 1-13.
Outhwaite W, Turner S, ed. The Sage Handbook of Social Science Methodology. London: Sage, 2007.
Outhwaite RW. Who Needs Solidarity?. In: Nathalie Karagiannis, ed. European Solidarity. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2007, pp.75-93.
Outhwaite W. Europe after the EU enlargements: 'Cosmopolitanism by Small Steps'. In: Delanty, G, ed. Europe and Asia beyond East and West. London: Routledge, 2006, pp.193-202.
Outhwaite W. The Future of Society. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006.
Outhwaite W, Ray L. Social Theory and Post-Communism. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005.
Outhwaite W, Archer M, ed. Defending Objectivity: Essays in Honour of Andrew Collier. London: Routledge, 2004.
Outhwaite W. Intentional and Reflexive Objectivity: Some Reflections. In: Archer MS; Outhwaite W, ed. Defending Objectivity: Essays in Honour of Andrew Collier. London: Routledge, 2004, pp.226-236.