Steven Seidman

Who is Steven Seidman?

Steven Seidman is a sociologist, currently professor at State University of New York at Albany. He is a 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 in 1980. After earning his doctorate he taught as assistant professor at New Mexico State University 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, Romanian, Turkish and Spanish:

Liberalism and the Origins of European Social Theory

Jürgen Habermas on Society & Politics

Culture and Society: Contemporary Debates

Romantic Longings: Love in America, 1830–1980

Postmodernism and Social Theory

Embattled Eros: Sexual Politics and Ethics in Contemporary America

The Postmodern Turn

Contested Knowledge: Social Theory in the Postmodern Era