Lowenthal, Leo. Literature and Mass Culture. Communication in Society, Volume 1. Transaction Books, 1984. Leo Löwenthal (1900-1993) was a sociologist associated with the Frankfurt School. He began his career by joining the Institute for Social Research in 1927 and became managing editor of its journal Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung. After migrating to the United States, he […]

Leavis Ph.D thesis, published under the supervision of I. A. Richards, became the book Fiction And The Reading Public (1932).

Social Types: Fools Inspiration from Orrin Klapp and poet Kannadasan Sachi Sri Kantha Orrin Edgar Klapp (born 1915), a noted American sociologist, published in Sept 1949 issue of the American Journal of Sociology, an analysis of “The Fool as a Social Type.” Klapp tried to explain the social roles of heroes, villains and fools and […]