Irving Louis Horowitz
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| + | "As [[G.D.H. Cole]] noted, 'the Anarchists ... were anarchists because they did not believe in an anarchical world."--''[[The Anarchists (Irving Louis Horowitz)|The Anarchists]]'' (1964) by Irving Louis Horowitz, epigraph | ||
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| '''Irving Louis Horowitz''' (September 25, 1929 – March 21, 2012) was an American [[sociologist]], author, and college professor who wrote and lectured extensively in his field, and his later years came to fear that it risked being seized by [[left-wing]] ideologues. He proposed a quantitative index for measuring a country's [[quality of life]], and helped to popularize ''[[Third World]]'' as a term for the poorer nations of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]]. He was considered by many to be a [[neoconservative]], although he maintained that he had no political adherence. | '''Irving Louis Horowitz''' (September 25, 1929 – March 21, 2012) was an American [[sociologist]], author, and college professor who wrote and lectured extensively in his field, and his later years came to fear that it risked being seized by [[left-wing]] ideologues. He proposed a quantitative index for measuring a country's [[quality of life]], and helped to popularize ''[[Third World]]'' as a term for the poorer nations of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]]. He was considered by many to be a [[neoconservative]], although he maintained that he had no political adherence. | ||
| == Selected works == | == Selected works == | ||
| - | * ''[[The Anarchists]]'' (1964) | + | * ''[[The Anarchists (Irving Louis Horowitz)]]'' (1964) |
| * ''Winners and Losers: Social and Political Polarities in America'' (1984); a criticism of left-wing fascism | * ''Winners and Losers: Social and Political Polarities in America'' (1984); a criticism of left-wing fascism | ||
| * ''Cuban Communism: 1959-2003''. 11th edition. | * ''Cuban Communism: 1959-2003''. 11th edition. | ||
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| * ''The War Game,'' Transaction Publishers (2013), Edited and with a new Introduction,"Conflagration and Calculation," by Howard G. Schneiderman | * ''The War Game,'' Transaction Publishers (2013), Edited and with a new Introduction,"Conflagration and Calculation," by Howard G. Schneiderman | ||
| * ''Professing Sociology: Studies in the Life Cycle of the Social Sciences,'' Transaction Publishers (2014), with a new Introduction - "Fugitive Thoughts Tamed," by Howard G. Schneiderman | * ''Professing Sociology: Studies in the Life Cycle of the Social Sciences,'' Transaction Publishers (2014), with a new Introduction - "Fugitive Thoughts Tamed," by Howard G. Schneiderman | ||
| - | + | ==See also== | |
| + | *[[The Anarchists (book)]] | ||
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Irving Louis Horowitz (September 25, 1929 – March 21, 2012) was an American sociologist, author, and college professor who wrote and lectured extensively in his field, and his later years came to fear that it risked being seized by left-wing ideologues. He proposed a quantitative index for measuring a country's quality of life, and helped to popularize Third World as a term for the poorer nations of the Non-Aligned Movement. He was considered by many to be a neoconservative, although he maintained that he had no political adherence.
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Selected works
- The Anarchists (Irving Louis Horowitz) (1964)
- Winners and Losers: Social and Political Polarities in America (1984); a criticism of left-wing fascism
- Cuban Communism: 1959-2003. 11th edition.
- The Long Night of Dark Intent: A Half Century of Cuban Communism. Transaction Publishers (2011).
- The War Game, Transaction Publishers (2013), Edited and with a new Introduction,"Conflagration and Calculation," by Howard G. Schneiderman
- Professing Sociology: Studies in the Life Cycle of the Social Sciences, Transaction Publishers (2014), with a new Introduction - "Fugitive Thoughts Tamed," by Howard G. Schneiderman
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