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Peter Baehr is Chair Professor of Social Theory at Lingnan University. Before coming to Hong Kong in 2000, he worked at universities in Canada and Britain. He teaches and writes mainly in the areas of social/ political thought, political culture, and mass emergency. Peter Baehr’s work has been translated into Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese and Portuguese. Baehr is an advisor to Oxford University Press’s Digital Research initiative, an executive board member of the History of Sociology Research Committee of the International Sociological Association, and he sits as an international editor on nine journals. He is a member of Hong Kong’s Research Grants Committee (a government body) and, at Lingnan, is a member of the university’s executive Council.
Research interests
Social and political thought, History of predatory regime types, Political language
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Projects 2012 2020
Research Output 1979 2019
A Letter From Hong Kong
BAEHR, P., 3 Sep 2019, Quillette.Research output: Other Publications › Other Article › Communication
Hong Kong
apartment building
cause
demography
historian
The image of the veil in social theory
BAEHR, P., Aug 2019, In : Theory and Society. 48, 4, p. 535-558 24 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed)
Religion
writer
social conflict
energy
Veil
2
Citations
(Scopus)
The unmasking style in social theory
BAEHR, P., May 2019, Oxon: Routledge. 173 p. (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory)Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Author)
phobia
popular culture
polarization
sociologist
aggression
Prizes
RGC Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS) Award 2013
William Peter BAEHR (Recipient), Nov 2013
Prize: Prize / Award
social science
community
Values
Activities 2010 2018
Serendipities : Journal for the Sociology and History of the Social Sciences (Journal)
Peter BAEHR (Editor)2018 → …
Activity: Editorial / Peer-review Work › Editorial (Journal)
Rules of relevance : A critique of current sociology and a reaffirmation of its potential
William Peter BAEHR (Speaker)24 Jan 2017
Activity: Seminar / Talk / Other Presentation
International Sociological Association (External organisation)
William Peter BAEHR (Member)2014 → 2018
Activity: Engagement in External Advisory Body › Membership of Committee
Press / Media
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College Hosts 12th Annual International Conference on “Racism And Antisemitism,” October 10–11
24/09/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer