Hall+of+Fame

This collection of scholars, theorists, and philosophers is reflective of those covered in Qualitative Theory SP13. It is limited. Please feel free to add, expand, elaborate.

=**Karl Marx (1818-1883)**= Marx is credited with being a philosopher, historian, journalist, and sociologist. Primarily, though, Marx was an economist. Marxist theory, or Marxism, is the collective whole of his theories on society, politics, and economics. Marx saw the ability of humans to create capital valuable and fascinating. This led him to take notice of and subsequently study in depth issues of labor, means of production, and class struggle.

Find some of his written works [|here].

=Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)= Engles was a close companion of Marx. He is co-author of the famed Communist Manifesto. Engels has been described as a philosopher, social scientist, theorist, and father (alongside Marx) of Marxism. Engels was the son of a textile factory owner. While working in Manchester, England, Engels took interest in the plight of the working class. This led him on a path that would end up as a life-long collaboration with Marx.

[|Here] are some of his most famous works.

=John Locke (1632-1704)=

Locke, a highly influential political philosopher, argued that, by nature, men are free and equal, and argued against the notion that God made all people subject to the monarchy. He specifically argued that people have the right to live, liberty, and property.

=Montesquieu (1689-1755)=

Montesquieu was a great political philosopher during the Enlightenment. He is most know for his work //The Spirit of Laws//, in which he proposed a separation of powers within government to prevent despotism and corruption.

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=Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)=

Wollstonecraft was a political and moral theorist who contributed much analysis to the condition of women in the modern society of her time. She is particularly known for her work //Vindication of the Rights of Women// (1792), a feminist work which posited that women have a right to education. Later in her life, Wollstonecraft gave birth to Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin whom later became Mary Shelley, author of //Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus//.

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=Max Horkheimer (1895 - 1973)=

Horkheimer was a director and professor at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt am Main, and a highly influential figure within the so-called "Frankfurt School," a group of philosophers and scientists that proposed a neo-Marxist line of theory and research.

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=Theodore Adorno (1903 - 1969)=

Adorno was an influential figure within the "Frankfurt school," a group of philosophers who espoused a line of neo-Marxist theory and research.

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=Herbert Marcuse (1898 - 1979)=

Marcuse was a figure within the "Frankfurt School."

=Antonio Gramsci (1891 - 1937)= ==

While being imprisoned by Mussolini's regime for being a leader and founding member of Italy's communist party, Gramsci developed - and became most notable for - the concept of cultural hegemony.

=Habermas (1929 - present)=

Developed out of the "Frankfurt School" and a student of Adorno, Habermas is a very influential figure in academia, most well-recognized for his development of the Public Sphere.

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=Jodi Dean= Jodi Dean is a scholar working in the areas of feminist theory,cultural studies, political theory, digital media and politics, poststructuralism and psychoanalysis, and Neoliberalism and consumerism.

=Michel Foucault= ==

=** Focault was a French philosopher who focused on issues of power, regulation, and sexuality. **= Famous works include: Discipline and Punishment, The History of Sexuality & Abnormal.

=Wendy Chun= Professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University. She specialized in new media, comparative media studies, Asian-American culture, and critical theory.


 * Judith Butler**

Judith Butler is a post-structuralist theorist specializes in feminist theory, politics, and philosophy. In this class we focused on her theory of gender performativity. She's very diverse, though. You should check her out.

Barthe was the scholar who proclaimed the 'death of the author,' meaning the interpretation is no longer concerned with the intention of the author but instead is focused on how viewed interpret a particular piece of work.
 * Roland Barthes**


 * Michel de Certeau**

De Certeau was a scholar in several areas. He is particularly know for his work //The Practice of Everyday Life//, which describes how people negotiate their everyday lives through structures and tactics. He describes structures as those parts of society which most people cannot control, and tactics as the way people use objects for uses other than what they were originally intended for. Tactics are commonly seen as subversive acts, or rather acts that do not follow the guidelines of structures.


 * Simone de Beauvoir**


 * de Beauvoir was a scholar on gender and feminist issues, among other things. She was in a relationship with existential philosopher Jean Paul Sartre. She was very influential in developing a feminist philosophy of existentialism.**