Jeremy Jennings is an English political theorist and Professor of Political Theory at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

. He is predominantly interested in the history of political thought, often with specific reference to

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. He has authored a number of books on political topics, including the works of

Georges Sorel Georges Eugène Sorel (; ; 2 November 1847 – 29 August 1922) was a French social thinker, political theorist, historian, and later journalist. He has inspired theories and movements grouped under the name of Sorelianism. His social and ...

syndicalism Syndicalism is a revolutionary current within the left-wing of the labor movement that seeks to unionize workers according to industry and advance their demands through strikes with the eventual goal of gaining control over the means of prod ...

and

socialism Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes th ...

. He became the founding editor of the

European Journal of Political Theory The ''European Journal of Political Theory'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of political theory and philosophy. The editors-in-chief are Enzo Rossi (University of Amsterdam) and Robin Douglass (King's College L ...

. His other interests include Political Ideology and Contemporary Political Theory. Jennings has been employed by the Universities of Swansea and then Birmingham.

Bibliography

*''Georges Sorel: the Character and Development of his Thought. Macmillan: London, 1985.'' *''Syndicalism in France: A Study of Ideas. Macmillan: London, 1990.'' *''Intellectuals in Twentieth-Century France. Macmillan, London, 1993. (ed)'' *''Intellectuals in Politics: From the Dreyfus Affair to Salman Rushdie. Routledge: London & New York 1997. (eds.) with Tony Kemp-Welch.'' *''The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy. Edinburgh UP: Edinburgh, 1999. (eds.) with

Simon Glendinning Simon Glendinning (born 1964) is an English philosopher. Glendinning is Professor of European Philosophy and Head of department in the European Institute at the London School of Economics. Academic career Glendinning studied philosophy at th ...

et al.'' *''Georges Sorel: Reflections on violence. CUP: Cambridge, 1999; 2nd ed. 2002; Chinese ed. 2003. Ed and translator'' *''Critical Concepts: Socialism. Routledge: London, 2003, 4 Vols.. (ed)'' *''Republicanism in Theory and Practice. Routledge: London, 2005. (ed) with Iseult Honohan''

References

Academics of Queen Mary University of London Living people Academics of King's College London British political philosophers Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-academic-bio-stub