Gregor McLennan
Gregor McLennan | |
|---|---|
 McLennan in 1991 | |
| Born | 21 October 1952 |
| Died | (aged 73) Snowdonia, Wales |
| Education | University of Birmingham (PhD), Bristol University (BA) |
| Known for | Works on postcolonial and postsecular social theory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Social theory, ideology and politics, philosophy of social sciences |
| Workplaces | Massey University Bristol University |
Doctoral students | Seyed Javad Miri |
Gregor McLennan (21 October 1952 – June 2026) was a British sociologist and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Early life and career
Gregor McLennan was born on 21 October 1952.[1] He studied under Stuart Hall at the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies in the 1970s and continued to work with Hall at the Open University during the 1980s, co-editing several key texts on politics, ideology and crime.[2] From 1991 to 1997 he was Head of the Department of Sociology at Massey University. In 1997 he assumed the Established Chair in Sociology at the University of Bristol, where he was also Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies. He was professor emeritus.
McLennan was known for his works on postcolonialism and postsecularism.[3][4] He was also a Trustee of the Stuart Hall Foundation and edited Hall's Selected Writings on Marxism for Duke University Press in 2021.
Disappearance and death
McLennan was last seen hiking in Eryri on 25 June 2026 during a record-breaking heatwave.[5] The following day, mountain rescue teams and other agencies began searching for McLennan. His body was found on the mountain Carnedd Y Filiast on 29 June 2026.[6]
Books
Authored:
- Marxism and the Methodologies of History (1981)
- Marxism, Pluralism and Beyond (1989)
- Pluralism (1995)
- Sociological Cultural Studies: Reflexivity and Positivity in the Human Sciences (2006)
- Exploring Society (3rd edition 2010 – co-authored)
- Story of Sociology (2011)
Edited or co-edited:
- On Ideology (1978)
- Making Histories (1982)
- Crime and Society: Readings in History and Theory (1982)
- State and Society in Contemporary Britain (1984)
- The Idea of the Modern State (1984)
References
- ↑ "McLennan, Gregor". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
- ↑ "Professor Gregor McLennan - Our People". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ↑ McLennan, Gregor (September 2013). "GREGOR McLENNAN INTERVIEW – 24 MAY 2011". Cultural Studies. 27 (5): 815–827. doi:10.1080/09502386.2013.773676. ISSN 0950-2386. S2CID 143906348.
- ↑ Mouzelis, Nicos (1996). "AFTER POSTMODERNISM: A REPLY TO GREGOR McLENNAN". Sociology. 30 (1): 131–135. doi:10.1177/0038038596030001009. JSTOR 42857841. S2CID 144379431.
- ↑ "University of Bristol professor found dead after hike in heat". BBC News. 2 July 2026. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
- ↑ "Body discovered during searches for missing man". North Wales Police. Retrieved 2 July 2026.