Steven Seidman is an American sociologist

Sociology

Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

, currently professor at State University of New York at Albany

University at Albany, SUNY

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. "He is a world renowned social theorist working the areas of social theory, culture, sexuality, comparative sociology, theory of democracy, nationalism and globalization." He received his A.B. the State University of New York at Brockport in 1972, his A.M. from the New School for Social Research in 1977 and his PhD from the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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 in 1980. After earning his doctorate he taught as assistant professor at New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...

 from 1980 to 1983 before starting his current tenure at SUNY Albany, where he became associate professor in 1986 and full professor in 1992. To date his books have been translated into French, Chinese, Korean

Korean language

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, Romanian

Romanian language

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, Turkish

Turkish language

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 and Spanish:

1. Liberalism and the Origins of European Social Theory (1983)
2. Jürgen Habermas
   Jürgen Habermas
   Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theory on the concepts of 'communicative rationality' and the 'public sphere'...
   
   on Society & Politics (1989)
3. Culture and Society: Contemporary Debates (1990)
4. Romantic Longings: Love in America, 1830–1980 (1991)
5. Postmodernism and Social Theory (1992)
6. Embattled Eros: Sexual Politics and Ethics in Contemporary America (1992)
7. The Postmodern Turn (1994)
8. Contested Knowledge: Social Theory in the Postmodern Era (1994; 2nd edition in 1998, 3rd edition in 2004)
9. Social Postmodernism (1995)
10. Queer Theory/Sociology (1996)
11. Difference Troubles: Queering Social Theory and Sexual Politics (1997)
12. The New Social Theory: Contemporary Debates (2001)
13. Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies (2002)
14. Beyond the Closet: The Transformation of Gay and Lesbian Life (2002)
15. The Social Construction of Sexuality (2003)
16. Sex and Society (to be published)