Alan Sears (sociologist)

Alan Sears
Education	BA (Carleton), MA (Carleton), PhD (Warwick, Sociology)
Scientific career
Fields	sociology
Institutions	Toronto Metropolitan University
Thesis	The health of nations : public health and the social reproduction of the working class in Canada and Britain 1900-20  (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Simon Clarke

Alan Sears is a Canadian sociologist and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University. He is known for his work on sexuality, education and social movements. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Books

• Sears, A. 2025. Eros and Alienation: Capitalism and the Making of Gendered Sexualities. London: Pluto Press.
• Sears, A. and J. Cairns. 2015. A Good Book in Theory: Making Sense through Inquiry (3rd ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Sears, A. 2014. The Next New Left: A History of the Future. Winnipeg: Fernwood Press.
• Cairns, J. and A. Sears. 2012. The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century. Toronto: University of Toronto Press
• Sears, A. 2003. Retooling the Mind Factory: Education in a Lean State. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

References

1. Cottone, Nic. "Eros and Alienation: Capitalism and the Making of Gendered Sexualities". Marx & Philosophy.
2. "Alan Sears".
3. "Alan Sears - International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine". internationalviewpoint.org.

External links

• Sears at Toronto Metropolitan University