Ted Benton

Ted Benton is a British academic. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

As an academic, Benton works as an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Essex. ^[4] He has taught subjects such as social theory and environmental social science for more than forty years. ^[4]

His most notable book is Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies, published by Routledge and was reviewed in Acta Sociologica in 1979 and in the American Journal of Sociology . ^{[5] [6]}

In 2007, he received the Stamford Raffles Award given by the Zoological Society of London. ^[7]

Benton has reviewed books for Sage Journals. ^[8]

Books

• Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies (1977) ^[7]
• The Rise and Fall of Structural Marxism (1984)
• Natural Relations (1993)
• Philosophy of Social Science (2001)
• The Butterflies of Colchester and North East Essex (2002)
• The Easy Butterfly Guide: Britain and Europe (2006)
• The Sage Handbook of Environment and Society (2007)
• Nature, Social Relations and Human Needs (2009)
• Alfred Russel Wallace: Explorer, Evolutionist, Public Intellectual (2013)
• A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Northern Europe (2017)
• Solitary Bees (2017)
• Solitary Bees Collins New Naturalist (2023) with Nick Owens

Awards

• Stamford Raffles Award ^[7]

References

1. Benton, Ted (May 16, 1985). "Book Reviews". Sociology. 19 (2): 324–325. doi:10.1177/0038038585019002031. S2CID   220673174.
2. Sharp, Keith (1992). "Biology and Social Science: A Reply to Ted Benton". Sociology. 26 (2): 219–224. doi:10.1177/0038038592026002005. JSTOR   42855006. S2CID   143926527.
3. Isaac, Jeffrey (1982). "On Benton's 'Objective Interests and the Sociology of Power': A Critique". Sociology. 16 (3): 440–444. doi:10.1177/0038038582016003009. JSTOR   42852456. S2CID   145102788.
4. Global, Ted BentonTopics: Ecology Marxism Marxist Ecology Places (May 1, 2019). "Monthly Review | Marx, Animals, and Humans".
5. "Book Reviews : Ted Benton: Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies, International Library of Sociology, edited by John Rex. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1977, xi + 225 pp". Acta Sociologica. 22 (2): 205–206. April 1979. doi:10.1177/000169937902200211. ISSN   0001-6993. S2CID   220420069.
6. Hawthorn, Geoffrey (January 1, 1979). "Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies. Ted Benton". American Journal of Sociology. 84 (4): 1010–1012. doi:10.1086/226879 – via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
7. "Profile for Ted Benton at the University of Essex". www.essex.ac.uk.
8. Benton, Ted (November 16, 1991). "Book Reviews". Sociology. 25 (4): 729–731. doi:10.1177/0038038591025004018. S2CID   220674966.