Stanley Aronowitz

Stanley Aronowitz (January 6, 1933 August 16, 2021) was an American academic and sociologist. He taught cultural studies, and urban education at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He was also a political activist and cultural critic.[8]

Stanley Aronowitz
Stanley Aronowitz by David Shankbone
Born(1933-01-06)January 6, 1933[1]
DiedAugust 16, 2021(2021-08-16) (aged 88)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Professor, editor, activist
TitleDistinguished Professor[2]
SpouseEllen Willis
Academic background
Alma materUnion Graduate School (Ph.D., 1975)
The New School (B.A., 1968)
Brooklyn College (1950)[3]
ThesisTechnology and Labor (1975)
InfluencesC. Wright Mills,[4] Herbert Marcuse[5]
Academic work
DisciplineSociologist, Cultural critic
Sub-disciplineLabor unions in the United States, Education, Technology, Science Studies
InstitutionsUniversity of California at Irvine, Columbia University, City University of New York[6]
Doctoral studentsRandy Martin, Suzanna Danuta Walters, Cornel West
Notable studentsImmanuel Ness[7]

Aronowitz died on August 16, 2021 in New York City, aged 88.[9]

References

  1. Staff. "Stanley Aronowitz: LC Authority Name File". Library of Congress. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  2. Staff. "Stanley Aronowitz". Faculty - Core Bios. Graduate Center, CUNY. Archived from the original on June 9, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  3. Aronowitz, Stanley (October 15, 2014). "A 'Post-Political' Labor Movement". In These Times (Interview). Interviewed by David Moberg. Chicago: In These Times and the Institute for Public Affairs. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  4. Aronowitz, Stanley (August 1, 2012). "InConversation STANLEY ARONOWITZ with Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker". Express (Interview). Interviewed by Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker. Brooklyn, NY: The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  5. Ward, Tony (May 8, 2013). "Stanley Aronowitz". Tony Ward Education. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016. [Stanley] was deeply influenced by Herbert Marcuse's Eros and Civilisation and One-Dimensional Man and in 1972-3 he met Marcuse who had responded to the manuscript for his first book, the acclaimed False Promises: The Shaping of American Working-Class Consciousness.
  6. Aronowitz, Stanley (2016). "Biography". StanleyAronowitz.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. Ness, Immanuel (1995). Trade unions and the unemployed: Organizing strategies, conflict, and control (Ph.D.). Graduate Center, CUNY. p. iii. OCLC 1043905373. ProQuest 304187945.
  8. "International Organization for a Participatory Society: Consultative Committee". International Organization for a Participatory Society. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  9. "Stanley Aronowitz, longtime labor and civil rights activist, dies at 88". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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