Theodore Roszak (scholar) explained

Theodore Roszak
Birth Date:15 November 1933
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Berkeley, California, U.S.
Education:University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Princeton University (PhD)
Notableworks:The Making of a Counter Culture
Spouse:Betty Roszak

Theodore Roszak (November 15, 1933 – July 5, 2011) was an American academic and novelist who concluded his academic career as Professor Emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay.[1] He is best known for his 1969 text The Making of a Counter Culture.

Biography

Roszak was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1933 to Anton and Blanche Roszak.[2] His parents were Roman Catholic; his father was a cabinet maker and his mother was a homemaker.[2] Roszak attended Chicago public schools.[2]

Roszak completed his B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles in 1955.[3] He then received his Ph.D. in history from Princeton University in 1958[3] after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "Thomas Cromwell and the Henrican reformation."[4]

His academic career began by teaching at Stanford University from 1958 to 1963[3] [2] before joining Cal State Hayward.[3] [2] During the 1960s, he lived in London, where he edited the newspaper Peace News from 1964 to 1965.[5] [2] He also taught as a visiting professor at San Francisco State University in 1981 and Schumacher College in 1991.[6] [7] He was featured prominently in the "Alternative Lifestyles in California" episode of the 1977 BBC television series, The Long Search.

His writing career began in 1966 when he started contributing to The Nation and The Atlantic.[2]

Theodore Roszak died at age 77 at his home in Berkeley, California, on July 5, 2011.[8]

Scholarship

Roszak first came to public prominence in 1969, with the publication of his The Making of a Counter Culture[9] which chronicled and gave explanation to the European and North American counterculture of the 1960s. He is generally credited with the first use of the term "counterculture".[10] [11] [12] [13] According to historian Todd Gitlin, "People were trying to figure out, 'What is this thing that has come upon us?' He named it".[14]

Other books include Where the Wasteland Ends,[15] [16] [17] The Voice of the Earth (in which he coined the term for the budding field of Ecopsychology),[18] [19] Person/Planet,[20] The Cult of Information,[21] [22] [23] The Gendered Atom: Reflections on the Sexual Psychology of Science,[24] and Longevity Revolution: As Boomers Become Elders.[25] He also co-edited (with Mary Gomes and Allen Kanner) the anthology Ecopsychology: Healing the Mind, Restoring the Earth,[26] and (with his wife Betty) the anthology Masculine/Feminine: Essays on Sexual Mythology and the Liberation of Women.

Fiction

His fiction includes a cult novel on the "secret history" of the cinema titled Flicker (Simon and Schuster, Bantam Books and Chicago Review Press) and the award-winning Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein (Random House and Bantam Books).[27] [28] [29] In a 1995 interview with Publishers Weekly, Roszak said, "For me, nonfiction was a detour I took on the way to fiction," and "But writing fiction is like working without a net, and it took me a long time to write something that was good enough to be published. When opportunities to write nonfiction came along, I took them. [...] But if things had turned out the way I wanted, I would always have been a novelist."[30] His final novel, published in 2003, is The Devil and Daniel Silverman.[31]

Awards and honors

Publications

Non-fiction

Essays

Fiction

Sources

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Princeton Alumni Weekly . 2008-05-11. Princeton University.
  2. Book: Patrick S. Smith . O'Neill . William L. . Jackson . Kenneth T. . The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: The 1960s . January 1, 2003 . Charles Scribner's Sons . 4 April 2022 . Theodore Roszak.
  3. Web site: Ball . Terence . Theodore Roszak . Environmental Encyclopedia . Gale . 4 April 2022 . 2003.
  4. Book: Roszak, Theodore Matthew. Thomas Cromwell and the Henrican reformation. 1959. English.
  5. Fountain, Nigel (1988). Underground: the London Alternative Press, 1966–74. Taylor & Francis. p. 12.
  6. Web site: Theodore Roszak . Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors . Gale . 4 April 2022 . August 12, 2011.
  7. Web site: Stanford Humanities Lab . 2008-05-11 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070904020308/http://shl.stanford.edu/about/events/fuller_conversations_2003.html . September 4, 2007 .
  8. News: Theodore Roszak (1933–2011) . 2011-07-11 . . July 1, 2009.
  9. Web site: Computing and Counterculture. 2008-05-11. Stanford University. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100322205441/http://library.stanford.edu/mac/counter.html. March 22, 2010. mdy-all.
  10. News: Theodore Roszak, '60s Expert, Dies at 77 . The New York Times . Douglas . Martin . July 12, 2011.
  11. News: Woo . Elaine . Theodore Roszak dies at 77; scholar coined the term 'counterculture' . 4 April 2022 . . . July 14, 2011.
  12. News: Homberger . Eric . Obituary: Theodore Roszak: US observer of social change, he coined the term 'counterculture' . 4 April 2022 . . July 28, 2011. Gale.
  13. News: Theodore Roszak; Historian who coined 'counterculture' to describe the flower power movement and became a tireless champion of environmentalism . 4 April 2022 . . NI Syndication Limited . July 27, 2011. Gale.
  14. News: Theodore Roszak coined counterculture label . 4 April 2022 . . . July 15, 2011. Gale.
  15. Wade . Nicholas . Theodore Roszak: Visionary Critic of Science . . December 1, 1972 . 178 . 4064 . 960–962 . 4 April 2022 . American Association for the Advancement of Science. 10.1126/science.178.4064.960 . 1735702 . 17774504 . 1972Sci...178..960W .
  16. Blumberg . Paul . Where the Wasteland Ends: Politics and Transcendence in Postindustrial Society. Theodore Roszak . . 1973 . 2 . 6 . 591–595 . 4 April 2022 . American Sociological Association. 10.2307/2062444 . 2062444 .
  17. Erlich . John L. . Where the Wasteland Ends Theodore Roszak . . 1973 . 18 . 3 . 123 . 4 April 2022 . Oxford University Press . 23710896 .
  18. News: Schwarz . Walter . Books: Mind over matter in a mad world - Theodore Roszak, historian of counterculture, has identified the ultimate Green discipline, says Walter Schwarz / Eco psychology . 4 April 2022 . . March 20, 1993. Gale.
  19. Hannon . Jamie . Reviewed Work: The Voice of the Earth: An Exploration of Ecopsychology (2nd Edition) by Theodore Roszak . Natural Areas Journal . October 2003 . 23 . 4 . 373–374 . 4 April 2022 . Natural Areas Association. 43912269 .
  20. Johnson . Gregory . Reviewed Work: Person/Planet: The Creative Disintegration of Industrial Society by Theodore Roszak . . March 1981 . 10 . 2 . 327–328 . 10.2307/2066984 . 2066984 . 4 April 2022.
  21. Reviewed Work: The Cult of Information: The Folklore of Computers and the True Art of Thinking by Theodore Roszak . . Autumn 1986 . 10 . 4 . 155 . 40257076 . 4 April 2022.
  22. Lovell . Bernard . Reviewed Work: THE CULT OF INFORMATION: The Folklore of Computers and the True Art of Thinking by Theodore Roszak . . July 1987 . 135 . 5372 . 612–613 . 41374362 . 4 April 2022.
  23. Robins . Kevin . The Cult of Information: The Folklore of Computers and the True Art of Thinking Theodore Roszak . . 1987 . 21 . 3 . 495–496 . 10.1177/0038038587021003030 . 42854023 . 220676418 . 4 April 2022.
  24. THE GENDERED ATOM: Reflections on the Sexual Psychology of Science . . October 11, 1999 . 246 . 41 . 4 April 2022. Gale.
  25. News: Losos . Joseph . Boomers Glide into their Golden Years Theodore Roszak Presents a Largely Rosy Vision of the Future as the Counter-Culture Generation Grows Gray . 4 April 2022 . . September 13, 1998. Gale.
  26. Blakemore . Peter . Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind by Theodore Roszak, Mary E. Gomes, Allen D. Kanner . . Winter 1998 . 5 . 1 . 138–139 . 4 April 2022 . Oxford University Press. 10.1093/isle/5.1.138 . 44085560 .
  27. Van Leeuwen . Jan . Theodore Roszak's the Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein: A Countercultural Perspective on Alchemy, Gender and the Scientific Revolution . DQR Studies in Literature . July 2010 . 47 . 1 . 449–466. EBSCOhost.
  28. News: Thomas . Joan . The Thomas Review Frankenstein benefits from facelift Female characters spring to life in Roszak's modern version of Shelley classic . 4 April 2022 . . June 3, 1995. Gale.
  29. The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein . . March 13, 1995 . 242 . 11 . 4 April 2022. Gale.
  30. Maclay . Catherine . Theodore Roszak: the monster in the laboratory . . April 24, 1995 . 242 . 17 . 4 April 2022.
  31. Salvadori . T.R. . The Devil and Daniel Silverman (Book) . . January 1, 2003 . 128 . 1. EBSCOhost.
  32. Cebik . L. B. . Reviewed Work: The Dissenting Academy by Theodore Roszak . . Fall 1970 . 24 . 3 . 376–379 . 41396748 . 4 April 2022.
  33. Hymes . Dell . Responsibilities of Dissent . . November 1968 . 24 . 9 . 29–34. 10.1080/00963402.1968.11457734 .
  34. Moore . W. G. . The Dissenting Academy Theodore Roszak . . 1973 . 68 . 1 . 134–136 . 10.2307/3726213 . 3726213 . 4 April 2022.
  35. Graham . Ronnie . Unfinished Animal Theodore Roszak . Fortnight . 1977 . 155 . 17 . 25546421 .

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