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David Riesman

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American sociologist and educator (1909–2002)

Person · Open Library

Born
22 September 1909
Died
10 May 2002
Works
43

Top works

  • D. Rīsuman kōtō kyōikuron
  • Die einsame Masse
  • Pro Paul Goodman [... And con]
  • My Negro problem
  • Patterns of residential education

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1943

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Quotes

  • Social Science … led us to the fallacy that, since all men have their being in culture and as a result of culture, they owe a debt to that culture which even a lifetime of altruism could not repay.
  • [I]t is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise.
  • Parents today are the stage managers for the meetings of three- and four-year-olds, just as, in earlier eras, the adults managed marriages.
  • Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.
  • Today the future occupation of all moppets is to be skilled consumers.
  • The mass media are the wholesalers; the peer-groups, the retailers of the communications industry.

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date of birth
1909-09-22
date of death
2002-05-10
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