Dr Simon Speck
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Job title: Senior Lecturer
Email: S.Speck@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 591603
Room: E215
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Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Education
Subject Area: Social Science
Programme Leader in BA Sociology and BA Social & Cultural Studies
Teaching responsibilities
Stage 1 Modules
- Music and Society
- Introduction to Social Theory
Stage 2 Modules
- Capitalism, Culture and Class: Social Theory in Classical Modernity
Stage 3 Modules
- Power, Discourse and Danger: Social Theory Today
- Humour and Society
- Globalisation and Social Change
- Terrorism: The World and the Sociological Imagination (co-taught).
Research interests
My research interests cover classical and contemporary social theory and their relationship to the 'continental' tradition in modern European philosophy, with particular focus on 'post-structuralist' French thought and on the Hegelian philosophical tradition and its influence on 'Western Marxist' social theory. My work also addresses substantive questions bearing on the nature of humour and laughter in contemporary culture and society, the conceptualisation of 'reflexive modernity', and the political, ethical and cultural implications of current theories of 'globalisation'.
Media experience
Radio Derby: contributor to discussion on current social trends ; Derby Evening Telegraph: article on changing meaning of 'respect'
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA (Hons) Philosopy, University of Essex
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA Philosophy, University of Sussex
Research qualifications
- PhD 'Hegel "on time"', University of Warwick
