Staff Profile

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 Interests

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

Current Work

I recently published books on Social Theory (Profile 2015), Europe Since 1989 (Routledge 2016) Contemporary Europe (Routledge 2017) and Transregional Europe (Emerald 2020), an edited book on Brexit (Anthem 2017) and (co-edited with Stephen P Turner) The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology (2018) and (co-edited with Luca Corchia and .Stefan Muller-Doohm) Habermas Global. Wirkungsgeschichte eines Werks (Suhrkamp 2019)

Future Research

Further work on Europe.

Esteem Indicators

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

• Articles

  • Outhwaite W. Legitimate rule, sovereignty and transnational democracy. Journal of Political Power 2023, 16(1), 7-22.
  • Outhwaite W. The Postnational Constellation Revisited: Critical Thoughts on Sovereignty. Berlin Journal of Critical Theory 2021, 5(1), 31-57.
  • Outhwaite W. The heritage of classical sociology. Journal of Classical Sociology 2021, 21(3-4), 289-295.
  • Outhwaite W. Technocratic Planning and Political Strategies: Territorial Policy in the EU. Journal of Contemporary European Research 2021, 17(2), 87-101.
  • Outhwaite W. When did 1989 end?. Social Science Information 2020, 59(3), 425-438.
  • Outhwaite W. La sfera pubblica nella teoria dell'evoluzione sociale. Quaderni di Teoria Sociale 2020, (1-2), 303-322.
  • Outhwaite W, Smith K. Karl Marx, Le Capital. Review of Radical Political Economics 2020, 52(2), 208-221.
  • Outhwaite W. 1920 – a Caesura in Social Theory?. Czech Sociological Review 2020, 56(6), 897-910.
  • Outhwaite W. Max Weber’s Conception of "Rationalization" and the 21st Century. Russian Sociological Review 2019, 18(2), 16-27.
  • Outhwaite W. De-europeanisation After Brexit: Narrowing and Shallowing. Global Discourse 2019, 9(1), 15-30.
  • Outhwaite W. 1968 in West Central Europe. Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(3), 452-455.
  • Outhwaite W. Science of science at Sussex University. Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa 2017, 53(2 212), 149-156.
  • Outhwaite W. Generations of Critical Theory?. Berlin Journal of Critical Theory 2017, 1(1), 5-27.
  • Outhwaite W. The Future of European Democracy. European Journal of Social Theory 2014, 17(3), 326-342.
  • Outhwaite W. Reconstructive Science and Methodological Dualism in the Work of Jürgen Habermas. Philosophical Inquiry 2014, 38(1-2), 2-18.
  • Outhwaite W, Ray L. Prediction and Prophecy in Communist Studies. Comparative Sociology 2011, 10(5), 691-709.
  • Outhwaite RW. Post Communist Capitalism and Democracy: cutting the postcommunist cake. Journal of Democratic Socialism 2011, 1(1), [1-23].
  • Outhwaite W. Recognition, Reification and (Dis)respect. Economy and Society 2009, 38(2), 360-367.
  • Outhwaite W. Realism and Consensus. Sociological Analysis 2009, 3(1), 109-111.
  • Outhwaite W. How Much Capitalism can Democracy Stand (and Vice Versa)?. Radical Politics Today 2009.
  • Outhwaite W. Canon Formation in Late 20th-Century British Sociology. Sociology 2009, 43(6), 1029-1045.
  • Outhwaite W. Bourdieu and Postcommunist Class Formation. Sociological Research Online 2007, 12(6), 1-13.

• Authored Books

  • Outhwaite W. Transregional Europe. Bingley: Emerald, 2020.
  • Outhwaite W. Europe Since 1989: Transitions and Transformations. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2016.
  • Outhwaite W. Contemporary Europe. London: Routledge, 2016.
  • Outhwaite W. Social Theory: Ideas in Profile. London, UK: Profile Books, 2015.
  • Outhwaite W. Critical Theory and Contemporary Europe. New York, USA: Continuum, 2012.
  • Outhwaite W. Habermas: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge: Polity, 2009.
  • Outhwaite W. European Society. Cambridge: Polity, 2008.
  • Outhwaite W. The Future of Society. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006.
  • Outhwaite W, Ray L. Social Theory and Post-Communism. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005.

• Book Chapters

  • Outhwaite W. Identity and Europe: Integration Through Crisis and Crises of Integration. In: Machin, A and Meidert, N, ed. Political Identification in Europe: Community in Crisis?. Bingley: Emerald, 2021, pp.5-20.
  • Outhwaite W. Migration Crisis and “Brexit”. In: Cecilia Menjívar, Marie Ruiz, and Immanuel Ness, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019, pp.1-19.
  • Outhwaite W. Kuhn and Social Science. In: José Esteban Castro, Bridget Fowler and Luís Gomes, ed. Time, Science and the Critique of Technological Reason: Essays in Honour of Hermínio Martins. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2018, pp.81-98.
  • Outhwaite W. Habermas, Law and the European Union. In: Simone Glanert and Fabien Girard, ed. Law's Hermeneutics: Other Investigations. London: Routledge, 2017, pp.168-185.
  • Ray l, Outhwaite W. Communist Cosmopolitanism. In: Bhambra, GK; Narayan, J, ed. European Cosmopolitanism. Colonial Histories and Postcolonial Societies. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2017, pp.47-62.
  • Outhwaite W. Reconstructive Science and the European Constitution: Habermas, Citizenship, and the Tension between Facts and Norms. In: Harry F. Dahms , Lybeck Eric R, ed. Reconstructing Social Theory, History and Practice. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2016, pp.211-222.
  • Outhwaite W. Canons Round Again. In: Baehr,P, ed. Founders, Classics, Canons. New Brunswick: Transaction, 2016, pp.237-250.
  • 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. Sociological Theory. In: Holborn, M, ed. Contemporary Sociology. Cambridge: Polity, 2015, pp.602-627.
  • MacKinnon D. Resilient City. In: James D. Wright, ed. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. Oxford: Elsevier, 2015, pp.561-567.
  • Lord A, Tewdwr-Jones M. Regional Planning. In: James D. Wright, ed. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. Oxford: Elsevier, 2015, pp.129-133.
  • Outhwaite RW. Positivism, Sociological. In: International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. Oxford: Elsevier, 2015, pp.625-629.
  • 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. 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, 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. 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. Habermas. In: Rosa, H; Lamla, Jörn; Laux, Henning; Strecker, D, ed. Handbuch der Soziologie. Stuttgart: UTB (UVK), 2014, pp.178-194.
  • 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. 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. Discourse Ethics. In: Chadwick, R, ed. Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. San Diego, USA: Academic Press, 2012, pp.826-832.
  • 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. Europe Beyond East and West. In: Rumford C, ed. The SAGE Handbook of European Studies. London: Sage, 2009, pp.52-68.
  • 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. 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.

• Edited Books

  • Outhwaite W, Ray L, ed. Teaching Political Sociology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2023.
  • Corchia L, Muller-Doohm S, Outhwaite W, ed. Habermas global - Wirkungsgeschichte eines Werks. Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2019.
  • Outhwaite W, Turner SP, ed. The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology. London, UK: Sage Publications Ltd, 2018.
  • Outhwaite W, ed. Brexit: Sociological Responses. London: Anthem, 2017.
  • Outhwaite W, Turner S, ed. The Sage Handbook of Social Science Methodology. London: Sage, 2007.
  • Outhwaite W, Archer M, ed. Defending Objectivity: Essays in Honour of Andrew Collier. London: Routledge, 2004.

• Online Publication

  • Outhwaite W. Europe at 21: Transitions and Transformations since 1989. London: LSE, 2010. Available at: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/LEQS/LEQSPaper18b.pdf.