Michael Mann
FBA (born 1942) is a British-born
emeritus professor
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of
sociology
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at the
University of California, Los Angeles
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(UCLA) and at the
University of Cambridge
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. Mann holds dual British and
United States
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citizenships. He received a
B.A.
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in modern history in 1963 and a
D.Phil.
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in sociology in 1971 from the
University of Oxford
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, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
.
Mann has been a professor of Sociology at UCLA since 1987; he was lecturer in Sociology at the
University of Essex
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after graduation. He then became reader in Sociology at the
, from 1977 to 1987. Mann was also a member of the Advisory Editors Council of the ''
Social Evolution & History
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'' journal.
In 1984, Mann published ''The Autonomous Power of the State: its Origins, Mechanisms, and Results'' in the ''European Journal of Sociology''. Mann's works include ''The Sources of Social Power'' (four volumes) and ''
The Dark Side of Democracy
''The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing'' is a 2005 book by Michael Mann
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'', spanning the entire 20th century. He also published ''Incoherent Empire'', in which he attacks the United States' '
War on Terror
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' as a clumsy experiment in
neo-imperialism
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.
The last two volumes of ''The Sources of Social Power, Global Empires and Revolution 1890-1945'' and ''Globalizations 1945-2011'', were published by
CUP
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in 2012 and 2013 respectively. Mann's work has been subject of several books, including J.A. Hall and R. Schroder (eds). ''The Anatomy of Power: Social Theory of Michael Mann'', (Cambridge UP, 2006) and R. Schroder (ed.) ''Global Powers: Michael Mann's Anatomy of 20th century and Beyond'', (Cambridge UP, 2016).
Mann was elected as a
Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
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in 2015.
Selected publications
* ''Consciousness and Action Among the Western Working Class'' 1981.
''The Autonomous Power of the State.'' European Sociology Archives, 1984.* ''The Sources of Social Power: Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760'', Cambridge University Press, 1986.
*
The Sources of Social Power: Volume 2, The Rise of Classes and Nation States 1760-1914', Cambridge University Press, 1993.
''Incoherent Empire'' Verso, 2003.
* ''Fascists''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. .
''The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. .
* ''The Sources of Social Power: Volume 3, Global Empires and Revolution, 1890-1945'', Cambridge University Press, 2012. .
* ''The Sources of Social Power: Volume 4, Globalizations, 1945-2011'', Cambridge University Press, 2012. .
References
External links
Professor Michael Mann- UCLA Department of Sociology webpage
- UC Berkeley transcript and webcast of interview with Michael Mann regarding his recent publication, ''Incoherent Empire''.
* Nations and Nationalism: Debate on Mann's ''The Dark Side of Democracy'': Explaining Ethnic Cleansing, with J. Breuilly, D. Cesarani, S. Malesevic, B. Neuberger and M. Mann
abstract.
* - Review of Mann's ''The Dark Side of Democracy'' by T.K. Vogel in the ''
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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'', September 17, 2005
''Political Studies Review'' Special Issue dedicated to Michael Mann's ''Fascists'' and ''The Dark Side of Democracy'', September 2006 - Vol. 4 Issue 3 Page 247-395
Webcast of Michael Mannin the conference "The Social and Political Relevance of
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's Thought Today" held at the
National University of Ireland, Galwayin May 2005.
Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 18th July 2005 (video)The dark side of democracy: explaining ethnic cleansing
LSE NN Debate on The Dark Side of Democracy (2005)
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1942 births
Living people
British emigrants to the United States
British sociologists
Alumni of the University of Oxford
University of California, Los Angeles faculty
Academics of Queen's University Belfast
Scholars of nationalism
Scholars of war
Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy
World historians