Professor Simon Susen

Overview

 

Biographical Note

Simon Susen is Professor of Sociology at City St George’s, University of London. Before joining City in 2011, he held lectureships at Birkbeck, University of London (2010–2011), Newcastle University (2008–2010), and Goldsmiths, University of London (2007–2008). He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2007. Prior to that, he studied sociology, politics, and philosophy at a range of international universities and research centres – including the University of Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh, the Colegio de México, the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales in Mexico City, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is Associate Member of the Bauman Institute and, together with Bryan S. Turner, Editor of the Journal of Classical Sociology.

 

Qualifications

• PhD (University of Cambridge)
• MPhil (University of Cambridge)
• MA (University of Edinburgh)

 

Employment

• Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, City, University of London (2019–present)
• Reader in Sociology, Department of Sociology, City, University of London (2015–2019)
• Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, City University London (2012–2015)
• Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, City University London (2011–2012)
• Lecturer in Social and Political Theory, Department of Politics, Birkbeck, University of London (2010–2011)
• Lecturer in Sociology, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University (2008–2010)
• Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London (2007–2008)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge (2002–2007)

 

Roles & Responsibilities

• Senior Tutor for Research / Director of Postgraduate Research, Department of Sociology, City, University of London
• SeNSS (South East Network for Social Sciences) / ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Doctoral Training Partnership – Pathway Institutional Lead, Department of Sociology, City, University of London
• Member of the Departmental Management Group, Department of Sociology, City, University of London

 

Affiliate Positions

• Affiliate Professor of Sociology, Universidad Andrés Bello (Santiago, Chile)

 

Editorship

• Editor of the Journal of Classical Sociology (SAGE, London, UK)

 

Editorial Board Membership

• Berlin Journal of Critical Theory (Berlin, Germany)
• Cuadernos de Teoría Social (Santiago, Chile)
• Diferencia(s): Revista de teoría social contemporánea (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Dissonância: Revista de Teoria Crítica (São Paulo, Brazil)
• International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society (New York, USA)
• Século XXI – Revista de Ciências Sociais (Santa Maria, Brazil)
• Sociální studia / Social Studies (Brno, Czech Republic)
• Societies (Basel, Switzerland)
• The Lab's Quarterly (Pisa, Italy)
• Theorein: Revista de Ciencias Sociales (Quito, Ecuador)

 

Academic Membership

• Bauman Institute
• British Sociological Association
• European Sociological Association
• Group for Social Engagement Studies
• International Network for Discourse Ethics
• International Sociological Association
• International Study Group for Critical Theory at the Institute for Social Research
• Laboratorio de Teoría Social y Política
• Society for European Philosophy

 

Fellowships

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)

 

Teaching

• Thinking Sociologically [SG1025] (UG)
• Contemporary Social Theory [SG2028] (UG)
• Sociology of Contemporary Europe [SG3055] (UG)
• Changing Ideas about Society in the 21^st Century [SG3079] (UG)
• Rationale and Philosophical Foundations of Social Research [SAM002] (PG)

 

Funded Research Projects

Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF):

• Project Title: ‘Towards Epistemic Equity between the Global South and the Global North – Building Synergies between Latin America and the UK’
• Project Participants: Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP), São Paulo, Brazil; Research Institute Gino Germani (IIGG), University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; School of Arts and Social Sciences (SASS), City, University of London, UK
• Project Duration: 01/10/2019 – 31/07/2020

 

Visiting Positions

• Visiting Professor (at the invitation of Prof. Andrea Borghini), Department of Political Science, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy (May 2023 – June 2023)
• Visiting Scholar (at the invitation of Prof. Ève Chiapello & Dr Juliette Rennes), Centre d’Étude des Mouvements Sociaux (CEMS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) / École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France (January 2020 – April 2020)
• Visiting Scholar (at the invitation of Prof. Rahel Jaeggi), Center for Humanities and Social Change (HSC), Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (June 2019)

 

External Examinership

• UG Degrees (HSPS Tripos – Part 1, Soc1, Introduction to Sociology: Modern Societies I), Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK (2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024)
• UG Degrees (Single and Joint Honours: BA Sociology, BA Sociology & Cultural Studies, BA Sociology & Politics, BA Media & Sociology, BA Anthropology & Sociology, BA Social & Political Sciences), Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK (2013–2014, 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2016–2017)

 

Languages

• English
• German
• French
• Spanish

 

Research Interests

•   social and political theory (esp. critical theory)
•   political sociology
•   cultural sociology
•   historical sociology
•   social and political philosophy
•   philosophy of history
•   philosophy of language
•   philosophy of the social sciences

Publications

Simon Susen (2026) ‘Towards the (Re)Making of Public Space?’, Berlin Journal of Critical Theory, 10(1), pp. 5–73.

Simon Susen (2025) ‘On the Ontology of Social Association: Between Ideality and Reality’, Global Intellectual History, Online First, pp. 1–10.

Simon Susen (2025) ‘Habermas and the Tasks of Contemporary Philosophy’, in Amirhosein Khandizaji and James J. Chriss (eds.) Habermas and the Transformations of Critical Theory: Faces of Critique, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 87–197.

Simon Susen and Sylvain Allemand (2025) ‘La théorie critique au prisme de la résonance : Rencontre avec Simon Susen’, Sérendip'éditions.

Simon Susen (2025) ‘Knowledge and Human Interests: Epistemology as Social Theory?’, in William Outhwaite and Larry Ray (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Jürgen Habermas, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 90–139.

Simon Susen (2025 [2024]) ‘Rosas vier Säulen der Resonanz: Affizierung, Selbstwirksamkeit, Anverwandlung und Unverfügbarkeit’, translated by Stephan Elkins and revised by Simon Susen, in Bettina Hollstein and Jörg Oberthür (eds.) Resonanz und Kritik: Perspektiven auf eine Soziologie der Weltbeziehungen, Berlin: Suhrkamp, pp. 40–49.

Simon Susen (2025 [2023]) ‘Para uma ontologia da realidade contemporânea?’, translated by Henrique Jeske and revised by Rodrigo Cantu, in Sayonara Leal, Carlos Benedito Martins, Rodrigo Cantu, and Diogo Silva Corrêa (eds.) Em torno da obra de Luc Boltanski: para além da crítica e da pragmática, Campinas: Pontes Editores, pp. 307–344.

Sarah Burton, William Outhwaite, and Simon Susen (2025 [2021]) ‘The Urgency of Critical Theory Today: Towards Optimism and Renewal in a Neoliberal World’, in Amirhosein Khandizaji and Wolfgang Sohst (eds.) Critical Theory: The Last Stand for Emancipation, Berlin: Xenomoi Verlag, pp. 331–357.

Simon Susen (2024) Humanity and Uncontrollability: Reflections on Hartmut Rosa’s Critical Theory, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 324 pp.

Simon Susen (2024) ‘Twenty-Five Theses on the Task of the Translator: With, against, and beyond Walter Benjamin’, Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, 80(1–2), pp. 197–270.

Simon Susen (2024) ‘The Interpretation of Cultures: Geertz Is Still in Town’, Sociologica – International Journal for Sociological Debate, 18(1), pp. 25–63.

Simon Susen and Marc Ortmann (2024) ‘Das Ende der großen Theorien: Simon Susen im Gespräch mit Marc Ortmann’, Soziopolis: Gesellschaft beobachten.

Craig Browne and Simon Susen (2024 [2014]) ‘Austerity and Its Antitheses: Practical Negations of Capitalist Legitimacy’, in Craig Browne, Social Theory and the Political Imaginary: Practice, Critique, and History, London: Routledge, pp. 166–177.

Simon Susen (2023 [2023]) ‘Vers une ontologie de la réalité contemporaine ?’, Éditions Académiques de France, traduit par Pascal Nouvel, pp. 1–33.

Simon Susen (2023) ‘Towards an Ontology of Contemporary Reality?’, Theory, Culture & Society, 40(7–8), pp. 33–55.

Simon Susen (2023) ‘A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere? With, against, and beyond Habermas’, Society, 60(6), pp. 842–867.

Simon Susen (2023) ‘The End of Big Theory? A Rejoinder to Strand’, Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, 12(11), pp. 54–73.

Simon Susen (2023) ‘Lessons from Reckwitz and Rosa: Towards a Constructive Dialogue between Critical Analytics and Critical Theory’, Social Epistemology, 37(5), pp. 545–591.

Simon Susen (2023) ‘Postmodernism’, in Maria Grasso and Marco Giugni (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 470–474.

Simon Susen (2022) ‘Between Forms of Life and Immanent Criticism: Towards a New Critical Theory?’, Journal of Political Power, 15(2), pp. 279–336.

Simon Susen (2022) ‘The Case for a Critical Hermeneutics: From the Understanding of Power to the Power of Understanding’, in Ľubomír Dunaj and Kurt C. M. Mertel (eds.) Hans-Herbert Kögler’s Critical Hermeneutics, London: Bloomsbury, pp. 7–69.

Simon Susen (2022) ‘Reflections on the (Post-)Human Condition: Towards New Forms of Engagement with the World?’, Social Epistemology, 36(1), pp. 63–94.

Simon Susen (2022) ‘Critical Remarks on Existence Theory: Between Existentialism and Phenomenology’, Journal of Classical Sociology, 22(1), pp. 49–84.

Simon Susen (2022) ‘Contemporary Social Theory’, in Karim Murji, Sarah Neal, and John Solomos (eds.) An Introduction to Sociology, London: SAGE, pp. 121–141.

Simon Susen (2021) ‘Mysteries, Conspiracies, and Inquiries: Reflections on the Power of Superstition, Suspicion, and Scrutiny’, SocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia, 12(23), pp. 25–62.

Sarah Burton, William Outhwaite, and Simon Susen (2021) ‘The Urgency of Critical Theory Today: Towards Optimism and Renewal in a Neoliberal World’, Berlin Journal of Critical Theory, 5(2), pp. 141–167.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (2021) ‘Classics and Classicality: JCS after 20 Years’, Journal of Classical Sociology, 21(3–4), pp. 227–244.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) (2021) 20th Anniversary Special Issue on Classical Sociology, Journal of Classical Sociology, 21(3–4), pp. 227–360.

Simon Susen (2021) ‘Civil Society’, in Peter Kivisto (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory. Volume II: Contemporary Theories and Issues, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 379–406.

Simon Susen (2021) ‘Jürgen Habermas’, in Peter Kivisto (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory. Volume I: A Contested Canon, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 369–394.

Simon Susen (2021 [2014]) ‘The Place of Space in Social and Cultural Theory’, in Anthony Elliott (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural Theory, 2nd Edition, London: Routledge, pp. 341–366.

Simon Susen (2020) Sociology in the Twenty-First Century: Key Trends, Debates, and Challenges, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 648 pp.

Simon Susen (2020) ‘The Resonance of Resonance: Critical Theory as a Sociology of World-Relations?’, International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 33(3), pp. 309–344.

Simon Susen (2020) ‘No Escape from the Technosystem?’, Philosophy & Social Criticism, 46(6), pp. 734–782.

Simon Susen (2020 [2020]) ‘Rastros de la humanidad y la búsqueda de una sociología filosófica’, translated by Bernardo Villegas and revised by Sebastián Raza and Simon Susen, Theorein: Revista de Ciencias Sociales, 5(1), pp. 77–150.

Simon Susen (2020) ‘Intimations of Humanity and the Case for a Philosophical Sociology’, Journal of Political Power, 13(1), pp. 123–160.

Simon Susen (2020 [2018]) ‘The Seductive Force of “Noumenal Power”: A New Path (or Impasse) for Critical Theory?’, in Mark Haugaard and Matthias Kettner (eds.) Theorising Noumenal Power: Rainer Forst and his Critics, London: Routledge, pp. 6–47.

Simon Susen (2019 [2011]) ‘Son Söz: Pierre Bourdieu’nün Mirası Üzerine Son Tefekkürler’, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) Pierre Bourdieu’nün Mirası: Eleştirel Söylemler, translated by A. Kadir Gülen, Ankara: Phoenix Yayınevi, pp. 403–447.

Simon Susen (2019 [2011]) ‘Bourdieu ve Adorno: Modern Toplumda Kültürün Dönüşümü: Eleştirel Bir Kültürel Üretim Kuramına Doğru’, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) Pierre Bourdieu’nün Mirası: Eleştirel Söylemler, translated by A. Kadir Gülen, Ankara: Phoenix Yayınevi, pp. 205–235.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (2019 [2011]) ‘Giriş: Pierre Bourdieu’nün Mirası Üzerine İlk Düşünceler’, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) Pierre Bourdieu’nün Mirası: Eleştirel Söylemler, translated by A. Kadir Gülen, Ankara: Phoenix Yayınevi, pp. 7–24.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) (2019 [2011]) Pierre Bourdieu’nün Mirası: Eleştirel Söylemler, translated by A. Kadir Gülen, Ankara: Phoenix Yayınevi, 455 pp.

Simon Susen (2018) ‘The Economy of Enrichment: Towards a New Form of Capitalism?’, Berlin Journal of Critical Theory, 2(2), pp. 5–98.

Romand Coles and Simon Susen (2018) ‘The Pragmatic Vision of Visionary Pragmatism: The Challenge of Radical Democracy in a Neoliberal World Order’, Contemporary Political Theory, 17(2), pp. 250–262.

Simon Susen (2018) ‘The Seductive Force of “Noumenal Power”: A New Path (or Impasse) for Critical Theory?’, Journal of Political Power, 11(1), pp. 4–45.

Simon Susen (2018) ‘Jürgen Habermas: Between Democratic Deliberation and Deliberative Democracy’, in Ruth Wodak and Bernhard Forchtner (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics, London: Routledge, pp. 43–66.

Simon Susen (2018) ‘Justification’, in George Ritzer and Chris Rojek (eds.) The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 1–3.

Simon Susen (2018) ‘Saussure, Ferdinand de’, in Bryan S. Turner, Chang Kyung-Sup, Cynthia F. Epstein, Peter Kivisto, William Outhwaite, and J. Michael Ryan (eds.) The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory, Volume V, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 2001–2006.

Simon Susen (2018) ‘Language’, in Bryan S. Turner, Chang Kyung-Sup, Cynthia F. Epstein, Peter Kivisto, William Outhwaite, and J. Michael Ryan (eds.) The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory, Volume III, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 1278–1290.

Luc Boltanski, Juliette Rennes, and Simon Susen (2018 [2010/2014]) ‘Die Zerbrechlichkeit der Realität – Luc Boltanski im Gespräch mit Juliette Rennes und Simon Susen’, translated by Christian Scheper and revised by Simon Susen, diskurs, 2, pp. 1–20.

Simon Susen (2017) ‘Reflections on Patrick Baert’s The Existentialist Moment: The Rise of Sartre as a Public Intellectual’, in Simon Susen and Patrick Baert, The Sociology of Intellectuals: After ‘The Existentialist Moment’, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1–122.

Simon Susen and Patrick Baert (2017) ‘Introduction: Key Issues in the Sociology of Intellectuals’, in Simon Susen and Patrick Baert, The Sociology of Intellectuals: After ‘The Existentialist Moment’, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. vii–xi.

Simon Susen and Patrick Baert (2017) The Sociology of Intellectuals: After ‘The Existentialist Moment’, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 205 pp.

Simon Susen (2017) ‘Remarks on the Nature of Justification: A Socio-Pragmatic Perspective’, in Charlotte Cloutier, Jean-Pascal Gond, and Bernard Leca (eds.) Justification, Evaluation and Critique in the Study of Organizations: Contributions from French Pragmatist Sociology, Book Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 52, Bingley: Emerald, pp. 349–381.

Simon Susen (2017) ‘Between Crisis and Critique: The Fragile Foundations of Social Life à la Rodrigo Cordero’, Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, 18(1), pp. 95–124.

Simon Susen (2017) ‘No Exit from Brexit?’, in William Outhwaite (ed.) Brexit: Sociological Responses, London: Anthem Press, pp. 153–182.

Simon Susen (2017) ‘Following the Footprints of the “Postmodern Turn”: A Reply to Gregor McLennan’, European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, 4(1), pp. 104–123.

Simon Susen (2017) ‘Hermeneutic Bourdieu’, in Lisa Adkins, Caragh Brosnan, and Steven Threadgold (eds.) Bourdieusian Prospects, London: Routledge, pp. 132–159.

Simon Susen (2017 [2014]) ‘Reflexões sobre a ideologia: as lições de Pierre Bourdieu e Luc Boltanski’, translated by Fernando Bee and Raphael Concli, Perspectivas: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 49(1), pp. 101–137.

Simon Susen (2016) ‘Reconstructing the Self: A Goffmanian Perspective’, in Harry F. Dahms and Eric R. Lybeck (eds.) Reconstructing Social Theory, History and Practice, Book Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory, Volume 35, Bingley: Emerald, pp. 111–143.

Simon Susen (2016) ‘Further Reflections on the “Postmodern Turn” in the Social Sciences: A Reply to William Outhwaite’, International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 29(4), pp. 429–438.

Simon Susen (2016) ‘The Sociological Challenge of Reflexivity in Bourdieusian Thought’, in Derek Robbins (ed.) The Anthem Companion to Pierre Bourdieu, London: Anthem Press, pp. 49–93.

Simon Susen (2016) Pierre Bourdieu et la distinction sociale. Un essai philosophique, Oxford: Peter Lang, 170 pp.

Simon Susen (2016) ‘Towards a Critical Sociology of Dominant Ideologies: An Unexpected Reunion between Pierre Bourdieu and Luc Boltanski’, Cultural Sociology, 10(2), pp. 195–246.

Simon Susen (2016) ‘Scattered Remarks on the Concept of Engagement: A Socio-Philosophical Approach’, Philosophy and Society, 27(2), pp. 459–463.

Simon Susen (2015) The ‘Postmodern Turn’ in the Social Sciences, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 522 pp.

Simon Susen (2015) ‘Une réconciliation entre Pierre Bourdieu et Luc Boltanski est-elle possible ? Pour un dialogue entre la sociologie critique et la sociologie pragmatique de la critique’, in Bruno Frère (ed.) Le tournant de la théorie critique, Paris: Desclée de Brouwer, pp. 151–186.

Simon Susen (2015) ‘Boltanski, Luc (1940–)’, in James D. Wright (ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Volume 2, 2nd Edition, Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 747–754.

Simon Susen (2015) ‘Emancipation’, in Michael T. Gibbons, Diana Coole, Elisabeth Ellis, and Kennan Ferguson (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Volume 3, Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, pp. 1024–1038.

Simon Susen (2014) ‘Reflections on Ideology: Lessons from Pierre Bourdieu and Luc Boltanski’, Thesis Eleven, 124(1), pp. 90–113.

Simon Susen (2014) ‘15 Theses on Power’, Philosophy and Society, 25(3), pp. 7–28.

Simon Susen (2014) ‘Luc Boltanski and His Critics: An Afterword’, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, pp. 613–801.

Luc Boltanski, Juliette Rennes, and Simon Susen (2014 [2010]) ‘The Fragility of Reality: Luc Boltanski in Conversation with Juliette Rennes and Simon Susen’, translated by Simon Susen, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, pp. 591–610.

Simon Susen (2014 [2015]) ‘Towards a Dialogue between Pierre Bourdieu’s “Critical Sociology” and Luc Boltanski’s “Pragmatic Sociology of Critique”’, translated by Simon Susen, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, pp. 313–348.

Simon Susen (2014 [2012]) ‘Is There Such a Thing as a “Pragmatic Sociology of Critique”? Reflections on Luc Boltanski’s On Critique’, translated by Simon Susen, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, pp. 173–210.

Simon Susen (2014) ‘The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Chapter Outline’, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, pp. 49–64.

Simon Susen (2014) ‘Luc Boltanski: His Life and Work – An Overview’, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, pp. 3–28.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (2014) ‘Preface’, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, pp. xxiii–xxix.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) (2014) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, 884 pp.

Craig Browne and Simon Susen (2014) ‘Austerity and Its Antitheses: Practical Negations of Capitalist Legitimacy’, South Atlantic Quarterly, 113(2), pp. 217–230.

Simon Susen (2014) ‘The Place of Space in Social and Cultural Theory’, in Anthony Elliott (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural Theory, London: Routledge, pp. 333–357.

Simon Susen (2013) ‘A Reply to My Critics: The Critical Spirit of Bourdieusian Language’, Social Epistemology, 27(3–4), pp. 323–393.

Simon Susen (2013) ‘Bourdieusian Reflections on Language: Unavoidable Conditions of the Real Speech Situation’, Social Epistemology, 27(3–4), pp. 199–246.

Simon Susen (2013) ‘Introduction: Bourdieu and Language’, Social Epistemology, 27(3–4), pp. 195–198.

Simon Susen (ed.) (2013) Special Issue: ‘Bourdieu and Language’, Social Epistemology, 27(3–4), pp. 195–393.

John Holloway and Simon Susen (2013) ‘Change the World by Cracking Capitalism? A Critical Encounter between John Holloway and Simon Susen’, Sociological Analysis, 7(1), pp. 23–42.

Simon Susen (2013) ‘Comments on Patrick Baert and Filipe Carreira da Silva’s Social Theory in the Twentieth Century and Beyond – Towards a “Hermeneutics-Inspired Pragmatism”?’, Distinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory, 14(1), pp. 80–101.

Simon Susen (2012) ‘Une sociologie pragmatique de la critique est-elle possible? Quelques réflexions sur De la critique de Luc Boltanski’, Revue Philosophique de Louvain, 110(4), pp. 685–728.

Simon Susen (2012)‘“Open Marxism” against and beyond the “Great Enclosure”? Reflections on How (Not) to Crack Capitalism’, Journal of Classical Sociology, 12(2), pp. 281–331.

Simon Susen (2011) ‘Kritische Gesellschaftstheorie or kritische Gesellschaftspraxis? Robin Celikates, Kritik als soziale Praxis. Gesellschaftliche Selbstverständigung und kritische Theorie (Frankfurt am Main, Campus Verlag, 2009)’, Archives Européennes de Sociologie / European Journal of Sociology, 52(3), pp. 447–463.

Simon Susen (2011) ‘Epistemological Tensions in Bourdieu’s Conception of Social Science’, Theory of Science, 33(1), pp. 43–82.

Simon Susen (2011) ‘Critical Notes on Habermas’s Theory of the Public Sphere’, Sociological Analysis, 5(1), pp. 37–62.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (2011) ‘Introduction to the Special Issue on Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt’, Journal of Classical Sociology, 11(3), pp. 229–239.

Bryan S. Turner and Simon Susen (eds.) (2011) Special Issue: Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt, Journal of Classical Sociology, 11(3), pp. 229–335.

Simon Susen (2011) ‘Afterword: Concluding Reflections on the Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu’, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, pp. 367–409.

Simon Susen (2011) ‘Bourdieu and Adorno on the Transformation of Culture in Modern Society: Towards a Critical Theory of Cultural Production’, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, pp. 173–202.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (2011) ‘Introduction: Preliminary Reflections on the Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu’, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, pp. xiii–xxix.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) (2011) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, 470 pp.

Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (2011) ‘Tradition and Innovation in Classical Sociology: Tenth Anniversary Report of JCS’, Journal of Classical Sociology, 11(1), pp. 5–13.

Luc Boltanski, Juliette Rennes, and Simon Susen (2010) ‘La fragilité de la réalité. Entretien avec Luc Boltanski. Propos recueillis par Juliette Rennes et Simon Susen’, Mouvements, 64, pp. 149–164.

Simon Susen (2010) ‘Remarks on the Concept of Critique in Habermasian Thought’, Journal of Global Ethics, 6(2), pp. 103–126.

Simon Susen (2010) ‘The Transformation of Citizenship in Complex Societies’, Journal of Classical Sociology, 10(3), pp. 259–285.

Simon Susen (2010) ‘Meadian Reflections on the Existential Ambivalence of Human Selfhood’, Studies in Social and Political Thought, 17, pp. 62–81.

Simon Susen (2010) ‘Los movimientos sociales en las sociedades complejas’, in Celia Basconzuelo, Teresita Morel, and Simon Susen (eds.) Ciudadanía territorial y movimientos sociales. Historia y nuevas problemáticas en el escenario latinoamericano y mundial, Río Cuarto: Ediciones del ICALA, pp. 149–226.

Celia Basconzuelo, Teresita Morel, and Simon Susen (2010) ‘Prólogo’, in Celia Basconzuelo, Teresita Morel, and Simon Susen (eds.) Ciudadanía territorial y movimientos sociales. Historia y nuevas problemáticas en el escenario latinoamericano y mundial, Río Cuarto: Ediciones del ICALA, pp. 7–10.

Celia Basconzuelo, Teresita Morel, and Simon Susen (eds.) (2010) Ciudadanía territorial y movimientos sociales. Historia y nuevas problemáticas en el escenario latinoamericano y mundial, Río Cuarto: Ediciones del ICALA, 228 pp.

Simon Susen (2009) ‘The Philosophical Significance of Binary Categories in Habermas’s Discourse Ethics’, Sociological Analysis, 3(2), pp. 97–125.

Simon Susen (2009) ‘Between Emancipation and Domination: Habermasian Reflections on the Empowerment and Disempowerment of the Human Subject’, Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy, 20, pp. 80–110.

Simon Susen (2008) ‘Poder y anti-poder (IV–V)’, Erasmus: Revista para el diálogo intercultural, 10(2), pp. 133–180.

Simon Susen (2008) ‘Poder y anti-poder (I–III)’, Erasmus: Revista para el diálogo intercultural, 10(1), pp. 49–90.

Simon Susen (2007) The Foundations of the Social: Between Critical Theory and Reflexive Sociology, Oxford: Bardwell Press, 360 pp.

Translations

Luc Boltanski, Juliette Rennes, and Simon Susen (2014 [2010]) ‘The Fragility of Reality: Luc Boltanski in Conversation with Juliette Rennes and Simon Susen’, translated by Simon Susen, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, pp. 591–610.

Luc Boltanski, Axel Honneth, and Robin Celikates (2014 [2009]) ‘Sociology of Critique or Critical Theory? Luc Boltanski and Axel Honneth in Conversation with Robin Celikates’, translated by Simon Susen, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, pp. 561–589.

Simon Susen (2014 [2015]) ‘Towards a Dialogue between Pierre Bourdieu’s “Critical Sociology” and Luc Boltanski’s “Pragmatic Sociology of Critique”’, translated by Simon Susen, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, pp. 313–348.

Simon Susen (2014 [2012]) ‘Is There Such a Thing as a “Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’? Reflections on Luc Boltanski’s On Critique’, translated by Simon Susen, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’, London: Anthem Press, pp. 173–210.

Bruno Karsenti (2012 [2006]) ‘Sociology Face to Face with Pragmatism: Action, Concept, and Person’, translated by Simon Susen, Journal of Classical Sociology, 12(3–4), pp. 398–427.

Pierre Bourdieu, Franz Schultheis, and Andreas Pfeuffer (2011 [1999/2000]) ‘With Weber against Weber: In Conversation with Pierre Bourdieu’, translated by Simon Susen, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, pp. 111–124.

Bruno Karsenti (2011 [2007/2011]) ‘From Marx to Bourdieu: The Limits of the Structuralism of Practice’, translated by Simon Susen, in Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner (eds.) The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays, London: Anthem Press, pp. 59–90.

Hans Joas (2008 [2005/2006]) ‘Punishment and Respect: The Sacralization of the Person and Its Endangerment’, translated by Simon Susen, Journal of Classical Sociology, 8(2), pp. 159–177.

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