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 university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

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

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. 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 labour movement within society that, through industrial unionism, seeks to unionize workers according to industry and advance their demands through Strike action, strikes and other forms of direct action, with the eventual goa ...

and

socialism Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

. He became the founding editor of the European Journal of Political Theory. His other interests include

political ideology An ideology is a set of beliefs or values attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely about belief in certain knowledge, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones". Form ...

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 the ...

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

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