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Philip Slater

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in Riverton, New Jersey, The United States

May 15, 1927

Died

June 20, 2013

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Philip Slater was an author, actor, playwright, and sociologist. He taught sociology at Harvard, Brandeis, and the University of California at Santa Cruz. He obtained a doctorate from Harvard.

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	The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point by Philip Slater, Todd Gitlin (Introduction) 4.07 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 1970 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	مدرسة فرانكفورت: نشأتها ومغزاها - وجهة نظر ماركسية by Philip Slater, خليل كلفت (ترجمة) 3.48 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1977 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earthwalk 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chrysalis Effect: The Metamorphosis of Global Culture 4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glory of Hera: Greek Mythology and the Greek Family 3.52 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1971 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wealth Addiction 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How I Saved the World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dream Deferred: America's Discontent and the Search for a New Democratic Ideal 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Optimist Racing 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wayward Gate: Science and the Supernatural 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Our economy is based on spending billions to persuade people that happiness is buying things, and then insisting that the only way to have a viable economy is to make things for people to buy so they’ll have jobs and get enough money to buy things.”
― Philip Slater

tags: capitalism, commercialism, economy, endless-circles, failed-systems, greed, materialism, pursuit-of-loneliness, stuff-things

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“Despair ... is the only cure for illusion. Without despair we cannot transfer our allegiance to reality - it's a kind of mourning period for our fantasies. Some people do not survive this despair, but no major change within a person can occur without it.”
― Philip Elliot Slater, Earthwalk

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“We fear storms and wild beasts, but we do not censor them. If we must guard ourselves from evil influences we thereby admit their seductive appeal.”
― Philip Slater, The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point

tags: censorship

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