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.jpg
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.
TitleDistinguished Professor[2]
Spouse(s)Ellen 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
Doctoral studentsRandy Martin, Suzanna Danuta Walters, Cornel West[source?]
Notable studentsImmanuel Ness[7]

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

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References

  1. Staff. Stanley Aronowitz: LC Authority Name File. Library of Congress. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  2. Staff. Stanley Aronowitz. Faculty - Core BiosGraduate Center, CUNY. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  3. Aronowitz, Stanley. Interview with David Moberg. A ‘Post-Political’ Labor Movement. October 15, 2014.
  4. Aronowitz, Stanley. Interview with Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker. InConversation STANLEY ARONOWITZ with Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker. August 1, 2012.
  5. Ward, Tony. Stanley Aronowitz. Tony Ward Education (May 8, 2013). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  6. Aronowitz, Stanley. Biography. StanleyAronowitz.org (2016). Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  7. Ness, Immanuel (1995). Trade unions and the unemployed: Organizing strategies, conflict, and control. Graduate Center, CUNY. p. iii. OCLC 1043905373 . ProQuest 304187945. 
  8. International Organization for a Participatory Society: Consultative CommitteeInternational Organization for a Participatory Society. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  9. Stanley Aronowitz, longtime labor and civil rights activist, dies at 88. Jewish Telegraphic Agency.