Martin has presented a piece of social theory of the highest rigour.... Martin has presented a significant, compelling work which goes far beyond a discussion of problems of explanation but penetrates a complex highly important to future social theory: the interconnection between social practice, sensual perceptions and the 'consubstantiality' of the object world.
John Levi Martin is Florence Borchert Bartling Professor of Sociology at The University of Chicago. He is also the author of Thinking Through Theory and Social Structures, which was awarded the 2010 Theory Prize from the American Sociological Association.