Seymour Martin Lipset
Seymour Martin Lipset · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Leading political sociologist; author of 'Political Man'
1922, New York City, USA — 2006, Arlington, Virginia, USA
United States
Seymour Martin Lipset is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Leading political sociologist; author of 'Political Man'
Lipset was one of the most influential political sociologists of his era, whose 'Political Man' (1960) and 'American Exceptionalism' analysed the social conditions of democracy and the distinctive character of U.S. politics. He is the only scholar to have presided over both the American Political Science Association and the American Sociological Association. Born to a Jewish immigrant family in New York City, he later became a scholar of Jewish and American identity.
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Leading political sociologist; author of 'Political Man'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology
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