Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > environmental science > consumption and waste > key people in consumption and waste > Michael Thompson
... > other subjects > natural sciences > Earth science > environmental science > consumption and waste > key people in consumption and waste > Michael Thompson

Preferred term

Michael Thompson  

Definition

  • Born January 28, 1937, Michael Thompson is a British social anthropologist who has published over 50 books and articles on topics including cultural theory, material culture, human interaction with the environment, and environmental politics. His most important contributions to the study of consumption and waste are related to his intellectual development of rubbish theory and subsequent related works. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Thompson, Michael]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Michael_Thompson

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD