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Paul Goodman

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American writer and public intellectual (1911-1972)

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Paul Goodman was an American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism.

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Paul Goodman was an American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism. Goodman was prolific across numerous literary genres and non-fiction topics, including the arts, civil rights, decentralization, democracy, education, media, politics, psychology, technology, urban planning, and war. As a humanist and self-styled man of letters, his works often addressed a common theme of the individual citizen's duties in the larger society, and the responsibility to exercise autonomy, act creatively, and realize one's own human nature.

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United States
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Lived 1911 to 1972 · aged 60
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