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Daniel Bell

American sociologist (1919-2011) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 91

Daniel Bell was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era".

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Awards

W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship award1992
Guggenheim Fellowship
Doctor Honoris Causa of Keiō University
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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His three best known works are The End of Ideology (1960), The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (1973), and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976).

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2011 · aged 91