[{"n": "Achille Mbembe", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/achille-mbembe/", "s": "Cameroonian historian and political theorist known for necropolitics and postcolonial critique."}, {"n": "Aleksey Khomyakov", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/aleksey-khomyakov/", "s": "Russian theologian, philosopher, and co-founder of Slavophilism."}, {"n": "Anthony Giddens", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/anthony-giddens/", "s": "English sociologist known for structuration and modern society analysis."}, {"n": "Antonio Gramsci", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/antonio-gramsci/", "s": "Italian Marxist philosopher and theorist of cultural hegemony."}, {"n": "Antonio Negri", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/antonio-negri/", "s": "Italian autonomist philosopher and co-author of Empire."}, {"n": "Bruno Latour", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/bruno-latour/", "s": "French philosopher who reshaped science and technology studies."}, {"n": "C. Wright Mills", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/c-wright-mills/", "s": "American sociologist who popularized the term 'New Left' in the U.S."}, {"n": "Charles Taylor", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/charles-taylor/", "s": "Canadian philosopher and professor emeritus at McGill University, known for political philosophy and the Bouch"}, {"n": "Charles Tilly", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/charles-tilly/", "s": "Sociologist of state formation, social movements, and contentious politics."}, {"n": "Cornel West", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/cornel-west/", "s": "American philosopher, activist, and independent presidential candidate."}, {"n": "Daniel Bell", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/daniel-bell/", "s": "American sociologist known for theories of post-industrial society."}, {"n": "Ernest Gellner", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/ernest-gellner/", "s": "Philosopher and anthropologist who theorized nationalism."}, {"n": "Ernest Renan", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/ernest-renan/", "s": "French Orientalist and Semitic scholar who wrote Life of Jesus and advanced the Khazar theory."}, {"n": "Erving Goffman", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/erving-goffman/", "s": "Canadian-born American sociologist known for dramaturgical analysis and symbolic interaction"}, {"n": "Michel Foucault", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/michel-foucault/", "s": "French philosopher who analyzed power, knowledge, and social control."}, {"n": "Noam Chomsky", "u": "/e/modern-political-theorists-and-sociologists/noam-chomsky/", "s": "Founder of modern linguistics and influential political critic."}]