Bulent Diken (born 1964) is a Danish-Turkish
philosopher and
sociologist who teaches at
Lancaster University. He has studied
urban planning
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...
at the
Aarhus School of Architecture.
He is known for his research on
social theory
Social theories are analytical frameworks, or paradigms, that are used to study and interpret social phenomena.Seidman, S., 2016. Contested knowledge: Social theory today. John Wiley & Sons. A tool used by social scientists, social theories rel ...
,
post-structuralism
Post-structuralism is a term for philosophical and literary forms of theory that both build upon and reject ideas established by structuralism, the intellectual project that preceded it. Though post-structuralists all present different critiques ...
,
nihilism,
political philosophy
Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, ...
,
urban sociology
Urban sociology is the sociological study of life and human interaction in metropolitan areas. It is a normative discipline of sociology seeking to study the structures, environmental processes, changes and problems of an urban area and by doin ...
, and
immigration
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ...
.
During 1998-1999 he was an assistant professor at
Roskilde University
Roskilde University ( da, Roskilde Universitet, abbreviated RUC or RU) is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in Trekroner in the Eastern part of Roskilde. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD ...
, Department of Geography.
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Bibliography
* Revolt, Revolution, Critique: The Paradox of Society
* The Sociology of Terrorism
* Nihilism (2009)
* Strangers, Ambivalence and Social Theory (1998)
* Sociology Through the Projector (2007) (with Carsten Bagge Lausten)
* The Culture of Exception: Sociology Facing the Camp (2005) (with Carsten Bagge Lausten)
See also
* Stanley Rosen
Stanley Rosen (July 29, 1929 – May 4, 2014) was Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy and Professor Emeritus at Boston University. His research and teaching focused on the fundamental questions of philosophy and on the most important figur ...
References
External links
Personal Website of Bulent Diken
Bulent Diken at Lancaster University
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21st-century philosophers
Philosophers of nihilism
Continental philosophers
1964 births
Living people
Danish philosophers
Political philosophers
Poststructuralists
Modernity
Academic staff of Roskilde University
Danish sociologists
Academics of Lancaster University
Place of birth missing (living people)
Aarhus University alumni