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David Riesman

Born

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

September 22, 1909

Died

May 10, 2002

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Riesman

Genre

Sociology, Social Sciences

Influences

Thorstein Veblen

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David Riesman was an American sociologist, attorney, and educator.

After graduating from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review, Riesman clerked for Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis from 1935-1936. He also taught at the University of Buffalo Law School.

Riesman's 1950 book, The Lonely Crowd, a sociological study of modern conformity, which postulates the existence of the "inner-directed" and "other-directed" personalities. Riesman argues that the character of post WWII American society impels individuals to "other-directedness", the preeminent example being modern suburbia, where individuals seek their neighbors approval and fear being outcast from their community. This lifestyle has a coercive effect, which c ...more

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	The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character by David Riesman, Nathan Glazer, Reuel Denney 3.80 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 1950 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Individualism Reconsidered 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1954 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thorstein Veblen 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1953 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Higher Education: The Academic Enterprise in an Era of Rising Student Consumerism by David Riesman, David Webster (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lonely Crowd, Revised edition: A Study of the Changing American Character by David Riesman (2001-03-01) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Constraint and Variety in American Education 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American City: A Sourcebook of Urban Imagery 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samotny tlum it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abundance for What? really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Essays from Individualism Reconsidered really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1954	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all the advertising men who create it? ”
― David Riesman, The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character

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“ Con người sinh ra đã khác nhau; họ đánh mất tự do xã hội và độc lập cá nhân của mình trong khi tìm cách trở thành giống nhau.”
― David Riesman

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“America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.”
― David Riesman

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