Robert Fine (1945 – 9 June 2018) was a British sociologist. He was a leading European scholar on the history of social and political thought,

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, the social theory of

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and Hannah Arendt, the

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and contemporary

antisemitism Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

, crimes against humanity and

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. He was a

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Warwick University , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020� ...

. He died on 9 June 2018. In 1996, he won a landmark case against a student who was stalking him, the first time anyone had won damages for being stalked and the first civil action in which a judge had defined stalking. The case was the topic of his memoir ''Being Stalked'' (1997), described by ''

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'' as candid and troubling. Nicci Gerrard
Stalking: intrusive, abusive and deadly
January 2010

Publications

Books

* ''Antisemitism and the Left: On the Return of the Jewish Question'' (with Philip Spencer, Manchester UP 2017) * ''Cosmopolitanism'' (Routledge Key Ideas 2007) * ''Democracy and the Rule of Law: Marx's Critique of the Legal Form'' (Blackburn Press 2002; Pluto 1984 and 1985) * ''Political Investigations: Hegel, Marx, Arendt'' (

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2001) * ''Being Stalked: A Memoir'' ( Chatto and Windus, 1997) * ''Beyond Apartheid: Labour and Liberation in South Africa'' (with Dennis Davis, Pluto 1990) Edited collections include: ''Social Theory after the Holocaust'' (with Charles Turner, Liverpool University Press 2000); ''People, Nation and State'' (with Edward Mortimer, IB Tauris 1999); ''Civil Society: Democratic Perspectives'' (with

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, Frank Cass 1997); ''Policing the Miners' Strike'' (with Robert Millar,

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, Cobden Press 1985); ''Capitalism and the Rule of Law'' (with Richard Kinsey, John Lea and Jock Young, Hutchinson).

Articles

* Prof Robert D Fine(2010) 'Dehumanising the dehumanisers: reversal in human rights discourse?' ''Journal of Global Ethics'' 6 (2), 179 - 190 (1744-9626) * Fine, R.(2010) 'Political argument and the legitimacy of international law' in ''Legality and legitimacy: normative and sociological approaches'', Editors: Thornhill, C. and Ashenden, S. (9783832953546), Baden-Baden: Nomos * Fine R (2009) 'Cosmopolitanism and Human Rights: Radicalism in a Global Age' ''Metaphilosophy'' 40 (1), 8 - 23 * Prof Robert D Fine(2009) 'Fighting with Phantoms: A Contribution to the Debate on Anti-semitism in Europe' ''Patterns Of Prejudice'' 43 (5), 459 - 479 (0031-322X) * Fine, R.(2009) 'An unfinished project: Marx's critique of Hegel's philosophy of right' in ''Karl Marx and Contemporary Philosophy'', 105 - 120, Editors: Chitty, A. and McIvor, M. (9780230222373), Basingstoke ; New York: Palgrave MacMillan
Complete list of publications
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External links

Staff page at University of WarwickPersonal home page at WarwickInterview with Robert Fine
on cosmopolitanism, FEHE.org * Harriet Swain
Escape from a Baleful Gaze
''Times Higher Educational Supplement'' - interview on what it is like to be stalked by a student and how writing about it has helped him cope
Robert Fine’s talk to the UCU meeting "Legacy of Hope: Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and Resistance Yesterday and Today." 2010

Articles in Guardian's Comment is Free

Book Review: The Definition of Anti-Semitism - Fathom Journal

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fine, Robert 1945 births 2018 deaths Academics of the University of Warwick British sociologists Scholars of antisemitism