Michael A Thompson

Biographic Data

ID4583116
NAMEMichael A Thompson
GIVEN NAMESMichael A
FAMILY NAMEThompson
SIGNATURETHOMPSON M A
ORCID0000-0001-7930-4610
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS23
AUTHOR COUNT19
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1973
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Double honors, double neglects”

    Kuo Deng, Eunjeong Shin et al.ARTICLEAsian American Journal of…2025

  • Forms of Nature

    Open AccessMichael Thompson, Michael A ThompsonCHAPTERReason in Nature2022

  • Twilight of the Self

    Michael Thompson, Michael A ThompsonBOOKTwilight of the Self2022

    In this new work, political theorist Michael J. Thompson argues that modern societies are witnessing a decline in one of the core building blocks of modernity: the autonomous self. Far from being an illusion of the Enlightenment, Thompson contends that the individual is a defining feature of the project to build a modern democratic culture and polity. One of the central reasons for its demise in recent decades has been the emergence of what he ca…

  • Cultural Theory

    Aaron B Wildavsky, Michael Thompson et al.BOOKCultural Theory2018

    Why do people want what they want? Why does one person see the world as a place to control, while another feels controlled by the world? A useful theory of culture, the authors contend, should start with these questions, and the answers, given different historical conditions, should apply equally well to people of all times, places, and walks of life.Taking their cue from the pioneering work of anthropologist Mary Douglas, the authors of Cultural…

  • Fine-tuning user research to drive innovation

    David Siegel, David A Siegel et al.ARTICLEinteractions2013

    research-article Share on Fine-tuning user research to drive innovation Authors: David Siegel Google GoogleView Profile , Alex Sorin SAP SAPView Profile , Michael Thompson Emailvision EmailvisionView Profile , Susan Dray Dray & Associates Dray & AssociatesView Profile Authors Info & Claims InteractionsVolume 20Issue 5September + October 2013 pp 42–49https://doi.org/10.1145/2503774Online:01 September 2013Publication History 2citation1,170Downloads…

  • Consulting the Frogs

    Open AccessStephen Ney, Michael Thompson et al.CHAPTERCultural Theory as Political…2010

  • In-Migrants and Exclusion in East African Rangelands

    Open AccessK Homewood, Ernestina Coast et al.ARTICLEAfrica2004Cited by: 22References: 40

    East African rangelands have a long history of population mobility linked to competition over key resources, negotiated access, and outright conflict. Both in the literature and in local discourse, in-migration is presented as leading to increased competition, driving poverty and social exclusion on the one hand, and conflict and violence on the other. Current analyses in developing countries identify economic differences, ethnic fault lines, eco…

  • Castle

    R Allen Brown, Michael Thompson et al.CHAPTER2003

  • Literature

    Open AccessKen Goosens, Michael Thompson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Indian Culture and…1999

    Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Ken Goosens, Michael Thompson; Literature. American Indian Culture and Research Journal 1 January 1999; 23 (2): 145–148. doi: https://doi.org/10.17953/aicr.23.2.6251p01141708811 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyB…

  • Short Reviews

    John R Kenyon, Paul Stamper et al.ARTICLEMedieval Archaeology1998

  • Morality and Action

    Michael Thompson, Michael A Thompson et al.ARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1996

  • Short Reviews

    David A Hinton, M D Costen et al.ARTICLEMedieval Archaeology1995

  • Short Reviews

    Kevin Leahy, Mark Brisbane et al.ARTICLEMedieval Archaeology1994

  • Cultural Theory

    Open AccessStephen M Fjellman, Michael Thompson et al.ARTICLEAnthropologica1992

  • Cultural Theory

    Frank Dobbins, Frank Dobbin et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1991Cited by: 1

  • Digital Image Processing

    Michael Thompson, Michael A Thompson et al.ARTICLELeonardo1981

  • Textures

    Michael Thompson, Michael A Thompson et al.ARTICLELeonardo1975

  • Graphic Languages

    Michael Thompson, Michael A Thompson et al.ARTICLELeonardo1974

  • Computers and Society

    Michael Thompson, Michael A Thompson et al.ARTICLELeonardo1973