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Lecture 1: Foundations
This lecture lays three kinds of foundations: it defines the project of exploring the ‘language of social science in everyday life’; it suggests how this project can revise or challenge classic accounts in social theory of the power/knowledge complex from Foucault to Koselleck, Raymond Williams and Giddens; and it gives an indication of the new vocabulary generated by the emergence of social science from the late 18th century.
Date:
22 January 2026, 17:00
Venue:
Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details:
South School
Speaker:
Professor Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
Part of:
The James Ford Lectures 2026: The Language of Social Science in Everyday Life
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Belinda Clark
