Todd Gitlin is an American writer born in 1943. He is known for his profound insights into cultural, political, and social issues, particularly in the context of the radical movements in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. Gitlin's work spans a variety of fields, including media criticism and social theory.
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“If the Bible is a creation myth, it is an amorphous confusing one”
Source: The Chosen Peoples: America, Israel, and the Ordeals of Divine Election
“Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given.”
“Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.”
“A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.”
“I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.”
“It's an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives.”
“Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history.”
Source: The Intellectuals and the Flag: Reclaiming the American Liberal Tradition
“So American culture is itself a hybrid and lends itself to use in other people's hybrids.”
“Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience.”
“The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period.”
“To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them.”
“Today's global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history.”