Moishe Postone

Moishe Postone
Born17 April 1942
Died19 March 2018 (age 75)
Other namesMorris Postone
Academic background
Alma materGoethe University Frankfurt
ThesisThe Present as Necessity[1] (1983)
Doctoral advisorIring Fetscher, Heinz Steinert [de], Albrecht Wellmer[1]
InfluencesG.W.F. Hegel, Karl Marx, György Lukács, Isaak Illich Rubin, Max Weber, Herbert Marcuse, Theodor W. Adorno, Alfred Sohn-Rethel
Academic work
DisciplineHistory, sociology
Sub-discipline20th-century German history,[2] modern European intellectual history, social theory
School or traditionCritical theory
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Doctoral studentsCatherine Chatterley, Loïc Wacquant, Chris Cutrone[1]
Notable worksTime, Labor and Social Domination (1993)
InfluencedMartin Hägglund,[3] Gáspár Miklós Tamás

Moishe Postone (17 April 1942 – 19 March 2018) was a Canadian historian, sociologist, political philosopher and social theorist. He was a professor of history at the University of Chicago, where he was part of the Committee on Jewish Studies.

  1. ^ a b c "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). The Department of History. The University of Chicago. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-19.
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  3. ^ "How to be a Marxist".