"Hauptmann was a social theorist who wanted his results to support his politics."
He is a classic example of a social theorist whose work does not fit easily within conventional disciplinary boundaries.
Instead it gives a wide angle lens - pointing to and discussing many of the social theorists writing about these things.
Later, Prussian militarism would be exposed by 19th century social theorists.
It was a pity that the economy hadn't developed along proper lines, but Clark wasn't a social theorist.
A number of other social theorists as well have attributed power to structures in modernity.
Indeed, social theorists have gone out of their way to explain why apparently capitalist practices are acceptable.
This is now a fashionable field commanding the attention of very prominent social theorists.
Somebody asked that question, and he said it was a problem for physical scientists, not social theorists.
He continued to tread the path of a social and political theorist.