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American sociologist
Philip Elliot Slater (May 15, 1927 – June 20, 2013[2]) was an American sociologist and writer. He was the author of the bestselling 1970 book on American culture, The Pursuit of Loneliness (1970) and of numerous other books and articles.[3]
He had an A.B. and Ph.D. from Harvard[4] and taught sociology at Harvard, Brandeis, and University of California at Santa Cruz. He was Professor and Chairperson of the Brandeis Sociology Department in 1971 when he resigned to co-found, with Jacqueline Doyle and Morrie Schwartz, Greenhouse, a non-profit growth center,[1] where he led encounter groups and personal growth workshops.
He was a merchant seaman, actor, business consultant, cookie salesman, marriage officiant, and president of a theatre. He collaborated with filmmaker Gene Searchinger on Paradox on 72nd Street, a one-hour TV documentary aired nationally by PBS,[5] and acted in over 30 plays and films. In 1982, he was chosen by Ms. magazine as one of its “male heroes”. Slater taught writing and playwriting at UCSC and in private workshops starting 1989. He returned to academia in his eighties, teaching in the doctoral program in Transformative Studies at the California Institute for Integral Studies.[2]
Born in 1927 in Riverton, New Jersey, Slater served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II.[1] He died of cancer in Santa Cruz, California at 86.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Langer, Emily (July 4, 2013). “Philip E. Slater, sociologist and social critic, dies at 86”. Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2025-01-25. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
- ^ a b Nolte, Carl (June 27, 2013). “Author, Harvard LSD tester Philip Slater dies”. San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
- ^ Slater, Philip (1990). The Pursuit of Loneliness. Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-4201-3.
- ^ a b Vitello, Paul (29 June 2013). “Philip E. Slater, Social Critic Who Renounced Academia, Dies at 86”. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ O’Connor, John J. (January 5, 1982). “TV: ‘AMBUSH MURDERS,’ BASED ON TRIAL”. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
Selected work
- The Chrysalis Effect: The Metamorphosis of Global Culture (2008)
- A Dream Deferred: America’s Discontent and the Search for a New Democratic Ideal (1991)
- How I Saved the World (1985)
- “Wealth Addiction (1980)
- Earthwalk (1974)
- The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point (1970)
- The Glory of Hera: Greek Mythology and the Greek Family (1968)
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