Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Main general research interests: social theory, ideology and politics, philosophy of social sciences
Current work revolves around a critical evaluation of postcolonial and postsecular social theory in relation to the legacy of the radical enlightenment and the nature of social science.
Other ongoing themes: versions of sociological theory; sociology and cultural studies; complexity theory and critical realism; Marxism and post-Marxism; literature and social theory.
Some recent publications are given below.
External positions
Trustee, The Professor Stuart Hall Foundation
1 Jun 2015 → …Fingerprint
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Leverhulme Trust - Postsecular Social Theory and the Idea of Critique
1/10/12 → 1/08/13
Project: Research
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THE DYNAMICS OF TRANSFORMATIVE IDEAS IN CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC DISCOURSE
1/01/02 → 1/01/04
Project: Research
Research Output
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Postsecularism and the Critique of Religion
McLennan, G., 2020, (Accepted/In press) The Sage Handbook of Marxism. Skeggs, B., Toscana, A. & Farris, S. (eds.). London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
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Postsecular Plasticity: Expansive Secularism
McLennan, G., 1 Jan 2019, Routledge Handbook of Postsecularity. Beaumont, J. (ed.). London & New York: Routledge, p. 247-57 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
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The postsecular Marx
McLennan, G., Feb 2019, In : Journal of Classical Sociology. 19, 1, p. 72-86 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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