America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.
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The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.
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Birth: | 22nd September, 1909 |
Death: | 10th May, 2002 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Attorney, Educator, Sociologist |
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David Riesman was a sociologist, attorney, and educator. After graduating from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review, Riesman clerked for Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis from 1935-1936. He also taught at the University of Buffalo Law School and at the University of Chicago.
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