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Warren Susman (1927-1985) was a professor of history at Rutgers University.

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Officiële naam
Susman, Warren Irving
Geboortedatum
1927-02-21
Overlijdensdatum
1985-04-20
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Plaats van overlijden
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Woonplaatsen
Highland Park, New Jersey, USA
Opleiding
University of Wisconsin
Beroepen
historian
cultural historian
writer
Organisaties
Rutgers College, Rutgers University (chairman, History Department)
Institute for the Study of Contemporary American Culture, Rutgers University
Cornell University
Northwestern University
Reed College
Korte biografie
Warren I. Susman left a deep impression on postwar American cultural and intellectual history despite having published relatively few works in major journals or books before his untimely death at age 57.  He was a popular teacher at Rutgers College, where he chaired the Department of History.

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The book looks at culture, sometimes unconscious culture, both high brow and low brow as a driving force in civilization. His analysis is of American History, primarily from its inception to 1950 or so. He also points out that our view of history is also a function of the present culture.

I found it an interesting book although I did not know many of the references made.
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snash | 1 andere bespreking | Sep 22, 2013 |
Susman provides some interesting comments on American culture, arguing that the battles taking place in America often have little to with politics. The cultural realm has seen more dramatic combat. One is between the older culture that emphasized moral rectitude while the other is more consumer driven. New forms of culture, centered around mass media and communication, have driven the new American culture.

The two strains of culture was contradictory, but not mutually exclusive. Most americans have loyalties to both to come degree. Susman looks at the interwar period and people like Henry Ford, who mass produced automobiles but also sought a simpler way of life as he aged. Susman sees these tensions as inherent in any society, but American society took a slightly different turn because the consumer-identity gained such strength.

One interesting point at the end of his work is a warning against too much ivory tower analysis. Academics who analyze American culture tend to condemn the mass produced, conformists mentality. Susman is concerned that this will lead to a condemnation of the consumers that make up American society. He fears that they would then be even further cut off in their analysis.
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Leden
178
Populariteit
#120,889
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3.9
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2
ISBNs
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