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Peter Beilharz

Peter Beilharz (born 13 November 1953) is an Australian sociologist. He is professor of critical theory at Sichuan University, Chengdu, PRC. Previously he was professor of sociology and remains Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He is adjunct professor at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. Beilharz is founding editor of the international journal of social theory ''Thesis Eleven'' published by Sage.

From 2002 to 2014, he was the director of the ''Thesis Eleven'' Centre for Cultural Sociology at La Trobe University. He is best known for his work in social theory and socialism, for his intellectual biography of the Australian art historian Bernard Smith, and his several books on the eminent Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman. Provided by Wikipedia