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Also known as Harold Dwight Lasswell

American political scientist (1902-1978)

Person · Open Library

Born
1902
Died
1978
Works
186

Top works

  • Symbols of democracy
  • The future of political science
  • Power and society
  • Legal education and public policy
  • The impact of mass psychology upon international law

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States

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Total plays
6

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Key facts

Born
February 13, 1902, Donnellson, Illinois , U.S.
Died
December 18, 1978 (aged 76), New York City, U.S.
Education
University of Chicago ( BA , PhD )
Thesis
Propaganda Technique in the World War (1926)
Influences
Havelock Ellis , Sigmund Freud , Karl Marx , Theodore Reik
Discipline
Political science , communications theory
Institutions
University of Chicago , Yale University , City University of New York , Temple University
Notable students
Chen Lung-chu
Notable ideas
Lasswell's model of communication, content analysis, garrison state, political psychology , policy sciences

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date of birth
1902-02-13
date of death
1978-12-18
name in native language
Harold Dwight Lasswell
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Harold Dwight Lasswell (February 13, 1902 – December 18, 1978) was an American political scientist and communications theorist. He was a professor of law at Yale University. He served as president of the American Political Science Association, American Society of International Law, and World Academy of Art and Science.

According to a biographical memorial written by Gabriel Almond at the time of Lasswell's death, and published by the National Academies of Sciences in 1987, Lasswell "ranked among the half dozen creative innovators in the social sciences in the twentieth century." At the time, Almond asserted that "few would question that he was the most original and productive political scientist of his time."

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