Theodore Roszak (1) (1933–2011)
Author of The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition
For other authors named Theodore Roszak, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Theodore Roszak was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 15, 1933. He received a B.A. from UCLA and a Ph.D. in English history from Princeton University. He taught at Stanford University, the University of British Columbia, San Francisco State University, and California State University, Hayward. show more His only lengthy departure from academia was when he served as editor of Peace News in London during 1964 and 1965. His writings and social philosophy have been controversial since the publication of The Making of a Counter Culture in 1968. His other nonfiction works include Where the Wasteland Ends, Person/Planet, The Voice of the Earth, The Cult of Information, and Ecopsychology: Healing the Mind, Restoring the Earth. He also wrote several novels including Flicker, The Devil and Daniel Silverman, and Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein, which won the Tiptree Award. He died of cancer on July 5, 2011 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Theodore Roszak
The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition (1969) 637 copies, 5 reviews
The Cult of Information: A Neo-Luddite Treatise on High-Tech, Artificial Intelligence, and the True Art of Thinking (1985) 409 copies, 4 reviews
Sources: An Anthology of Contemporary Materials Useful for Preserving Personal Sanity While Braving the Technological… (1972) 53 copies, 1 review
The Making of an Elder Culture: Reflections on the Future of America's Most Audacious Generation (2009) 28 copies
From Satori to Silicon Valley: San Francisco and the American Counterculture (1986) 18 copies, 2 reviews
Associated Works
Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered (1973) — Introduction, some editions — 2,868 copies, 44 reviews
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- Legal name
- Roszak, Theodore
- Birthdate
- 1933-11-15
- Date of death
- 2011-07-05
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Berkeley, California, USA
- Cause of death
- liver cancer
- Places of residence
- Berkeley, California, USA
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles (BA|1955 - History)
Princeton University (Ph.D|1958) - Occupations
- author
professor
editor
novelist - Organizations
- California State University, East Bay
Stanford University - Awards and honors
- Tiptree Award (1995)
Grand prix de l'Imaginaire (2009) - Short biography
- The New York Times called Dr. Roszak "the generation’s cheerleader" for baby boomers, chronicling and extolling their youthful counterculture (a name he coined) and campus rebellions, and their "journey from hippies to hip replacement." He taught for 35 years at what is now California State University, East Bay, retiring in 1998.
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