Thomas Bottomore

Thomas Burton Bottomore
Born(1920-04-08)8 April 1920
Died9 December 1992(1992-12-09) (aged 72)
NationalityBritish
Occupationsociologist

Thomas Burton Bottomore (8 April 1920, England – 9 December 1992, Sussex, England) was a British Marxist sociologist.[1]

Bottomore was Secretary of the International Sociological Association from 1953 to 1959. He was the eighth president of ISA (1974-1978).[2]

He was a prolific editor and translator of Marxist works, notably his collections published in 1963: Marx's Early Writings and Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy.

He was Reader in Sociology at the London School of Economics from 1952 to 1964.[1] He was head of the Department of Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver from 1965 to 1967, leaving after a dispute over academic freedom. He was Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex from 1968 to 1985.[3][1]

Bottomore edited and contributed to numerous journals of sociology and political science, and edited A Dictionary of Marxist Thought in 1983 and co-edited (with William Outhwaite) The Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth century Social Thought published posthumously in 1993.

Bottomore was a member of the British Labour Party.

  1. ^ a b c Hirst, Paul (14 December 1992). "Obituary: Professor Tom Bottomore". The Independent. London.
  2. ^ "ISA Presidents". International Sociological Association. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Tom Bottomore". Pluto Press.