Editing Social theory (section)

==Key thinkers==
===French social thought===
Some known [[French people|French]] social thinkers are [[Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon|Claude Henri Saint-Simon]], Auguste Comte, [[Émile Durkheim]], and [[Michel Foucault]].

===British social thought===
[[Great Britain|British]] social thought, with thinkers such as [[Herbert Spencer]], addressed questions and ideas relating to [[political economy]] and [[Sociocultural evolution|social evolution]]. The political ideals of [[John Ruskin]] were a precursor of [[social economy]] (''[[Unto This Last]]'' had a very important impact on [[Mohandas K. Gandhi|Gandhi]]'s philosophy).

===German social thought===
Important [[Germany|German]] philosophers and social thinkers included [[Immanuel Kant]], [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]], [[Karl Marx]], [[Max Weber]], [[Georg Simmel]], [[Theodor W. Adorno]], [[Max Horkheimer]], [[Herbert Marcuse]] and [[Niklas Luhmann]].

===Chinese social thought===
Important [[China|Chinese]] philosophers and social thinkers included [[Shang Yang]], [[Lao Zi]], [[Confucius]], [[Mencius]], Wang Chong<!-- Chinese name, Wang is the surname -->, [[Wang Yangming]]<!-- Chinese name, Wang is the surname -->, [[Li Zhi (philosopher)|Li Zhi]]<!-- Chinese name, Li is the surname -->, [[Zhu Xi]]<!-- Chinese name, Zhu is the surname -->, [[Gu Yanwu]]<!-- Chinese name, Gu is the surname -->, [[Gong Zizhen]]<!-- Chinese name, Gong is the surname -->, Wei Yuan<!-- Chinese name, Wei is the surname -->, [[Kang Youwei]]<!-- Chinese name, Kang is the surname -->, Lu Xun, [[Mao Zedong]]<!-- Chinese name, Mao is the surname -->, Zhu Ming<!-- Chinese name, Zhu is the surname -->.

===Italian sociology===
Important Italian social scientists include [[Antonio Gramsci]], [[Gaetano Mosca]], [[Vilfredo Pareto]], Franco Ferrarotti.

===Thai social thought===
Important Thai social theorists include [[Jit Phumisak]], [[Kukrit Pramoj]], and [[Prawase Wasi]]