Todd Gitlin

thumb|Todd Gitlin Todd Gitlin Todd Alan Gitlin (January 6, 1943 – February 5, 2022) was an American sociologist, political activist and writer, novelist, and cultural commentator. He wrote about the mass media, politics, intellectual life, and the arts for both popular and scholarly publications. Quotes about Gitlin Нe had made a transition that others had not, from revolutionary and radical politics to a more practical politics, a sort of left wing of the possible. Michael Kazin He was fiercely independent in his thinking, and although he grew up among the New Left, and remained sympathetic to many of its critiques and aspirations... Steve Coll He was particularly critical of the violent protest tactics of the Weather Underground. David Bianculli External links Category:1943 births Category:Sociologists from the United States Category:Political activists Category:Novelists from the United States Category:Cultural critics Category:2022 deaths Category:People from New York City Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Anti-war activists Category:Activists from the United States Category:Columbia University faculty Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Jews from the United States Category:University of California, Berkeley faculty