Tony Bennett (born 1947) is a British sociologist who has held academic positions in the United Kingdom and Australia. His work focusses on cultural studies and cultural history.

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Tony Bennett (born 1947) is a British sociologist who has held academic positions in the United Kingdom and Australia. His work focusses on cultural studies and cultural history. Early life and education Bennett was born in Manchester and earned a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University in 1968 and a PhD in sociology at Sussex University in 1972. Career In the 1970s and early 1980s, Bennett taught sociology at the Open University in the United Kingdom, as a staff tutor and then as chair of the Popular Culture course. He then moved to Griffith University in Brisbane, where he was Professor of Cultural Studies, Dean of Humanities, and director of the ARC Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy until 1998.

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“I've taken stuff from people, too. You know though, if you steal from one person, you're just a thief. But if you steal from everyone, that's research.”
— As quoted in "The new cool cat on the block" by Dino Scatena, in Sydney Morning Herald (16 April 2004)

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