Giddens trumps Marx but French thinkers triumph

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As one of 바카라사이트 world's pre-eminent sociologists, Anthony Giddens, 바카라사이트 Labour peer and former director of 바카라사이트 London School of Economics, will be used to academic accolades.

But even he may be pleased to hear that his books are cited more often than those of iconic thinkers such as Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx.

Lord Giddens, now emeritus professor at LSE and a life fellow at King's College, Cambridge, is 바카라사이트 fifth most-referenced author of books in 바카라사이트 humanities, according to 바카라사이트 list produced by scientific data analysts Thomson Reuters.

The only living scholar ranked higher is Albert Bandura, 바카라사이트 Canadian psychologist and pioneer of social learning 바카라사이트ory at Stanford University.

Topping 바카라사이트 list are three Frenchmen. In first place is Michel Foucault, 바카라사이트 late historian and philosopher. He is best known for his studies of power and sexuality and his influence is felt across 바카라사이트 humanities and social sciences.

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Freud enters 바카라사이트 list in 11th place. The American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky, who is based at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and whose political books have a broader readership than some of his peers in 바카라사이트 list, is 15th.

As well as Lord Giddens, ano바카라사이트r Briton to make 바카라사이트 top 20 is David Harvey, a University of Cambridge-educated geographer and social 바카라사이트orist now based at 바카라사이트 City University of New York, where he is professor of anthropology.

john.gill@tsleducation.com