Dr Michael Symonds

Michael Symonds has been teaching at UWS in the areas of philosophy and sociology since 1987. He has been the Principal Supervisor of completed PhD’s on the following theorists and topics: Descartes, Spinoza, Weber, Adorno, and feminist political philosophy.

Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Selected Publications

2008 - The Concept of Paradox in the Works of Max Weber (opens in a new window), Sociology, Vol 42, No 2 pp 223-41  (with Pudsey, J.)

2007 - Heroic Love: the Ethic of Brotherliness in Max Weber’s ‘Vocation’ Lectures, Max Weber Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1 pp 63-87  (with Pudsey, J.)

2006 - The Forms of Brotherly Love in Max Weber’s Sociology of Religion, Sociological Theory, Vol. 24, No. 2 pp133-49 (with Pudsey, J.)