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Declined by Theroadislong 7 months ago. Last edited by PARAKANYAA 4 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Submission declined on 20 March 2024 by Shewasafairy (talk).

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Declined by Shewasafairy 8 months ago.

Comment: FWIW this guy is definitely notable (not that the article shows it), his "cultic milieu" is very prominent and has a whole book written by other people discussing it PARAKANYAA (talk) 02:56, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Comment: interviews are not reliable independent sources. Theroadislong (talk) 16:57, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Comment: the first source only has quotes, the second is not wp:independent. She was ^afairy 07:08, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Colin Campbell (born 6. March 1940) is a British sociologist and academic known for his work on cultural change, consumerism, religion, and Weberian action theory.

Career

He is Professor Emeritus at the University of York, UK, where he has spent most of his academic career, albeit with periods as a visiting professor at universities in Canada, Brazil and Australia.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

He is married with two children and five grandchildren.

Publications

Campbell, Colin. (2021). Consumption and Consumer Society: The Craft Consumer and Other Essays. Palgrave Macmillan.

Campbell, Colin. (2019) Has Sociology Progressed? Reflections of an Accidental Academic. Palgrave Macmillan.

Campbell, Colin. (2007) The Easternization of The West: A Thematic Account Of Cultural Change in the Modern Era. Paradigm Publishers.

Campbell, Colin, Barbossa, Livia, (eds) (2006) Cultura, Consumo and Identidade. Published by FGV.

Campbell, Colin, Falk, Pasi (eds) (1997) The Shopping Experience. Sage.

Campbell, Colin. (1996) The Myth of Social Action. Cambridge University Press. https://www.socresonline.org.uk/5/2/campbell.html

Campbell, Colin (1987) The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism. Basil Blackwell.

Italian edition, (1992) published by Edizioni Lavoro.
Slovenian edition, (2001) published by Studia Humanitatis.
Portuguese edition, (2002) published by Paulo Rocco.
Chinese edition, (2005) published by National Academy for Educational Research.
Korean Edition, (2010) published by The National Research Foundation of Korea.
New Extended Edition. (2018) published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Campbell, Colin. (1971) Toward A Sociology of Irreligion. London: Macmillan.

Spanish Edition published, (1977) by Technos.
Revised Edition, (2013) published Alcuin Academics.

Selected works (articles)

Campbell, Colin. (2009). 'Distinguishing the Power of Agency from Agentic Power: A Note on Weber and the “Black Box” of Personal Agency' Sociological Theory 27 (4): 407-418.

Campbell, Colin. (2006). Do Today’s Sociologists Really Appreciate Weber’s essay The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism?’ Sociological Review 54 (2) 207-223.

Campbell, Colin. (1996) `Half-Belief and the paradox of instrumental activism: A theory of modern superstition, British Journal of Sociology 47 (1) 151-165

Campbell, Colin. (1995). "Conspicuous Confusion? A Critique of Veblen's Theory of Conspicuous Consumption" Sociological Theory 13 1, 37-47.

Campbell, Colin. (1992). `In Defence of the Traditional Concept of Action in Sociology’, The Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 22, 1, 1-23.

Campbell, Colin. (1982). `A Dubious Distinction? An Inquiry into the Value and Use of Merton's concepts of Latent and Manifest Function’, American Sociological Review 47, 29-44.

Campbell, Colin. (1980) Things We said Today: the complete lyrics and a concordance to the Beatles’ lyrics 1962-1970 (with Allan Murphy). Ann Arbor, MI The Pierian Press.

Campbell, Colin. (1972) `The Cult, the Cultic Milieu and Secularisation’ A Sociological Yearbook of Religion in Britain 5, 119-36. Reprinted in Steve Bruce (ed.) (1995) The Sociology of Religion Vol II (The International Library of Critical Writings in Sociology) Elgar. And in Jeffrey Kaplan and Helene Lööw (eds) (2002), The Cultic Milieu: Oppositional Subcultures in an Age of Globalization, Altamira Press.

References

^[1] The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism - Something Understood - BBC Radio 4 Reading 4 - 10 Aug 2008

Interview (Easternization of the West thesis), reported in a Dutch Sociology Magazine in September 2011

Interview about the meaning of The Beatles' lyrics in The Times - Jan 6, 2019

Interview with Laurie Taylor on Thinking Aloud -18 December 2019

External links

Official website

^ Campbell, Colin (19 December 2002). "We are what we buy, says sociologist". The Guardian.

[1] Campbell, Colin (19 December 2002). "We are what we buy, says sociologist". The Guardian.

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