David Riesman
American sociologist whose The Lonely Crowd distinguished between 'inner-directed' and 'other-directed' character types and identified the shift from one to the other in postwar American society. It became one of the most widely read works of sociology in American history.
Works
- The Lonely CrowdSociological study of how Americans conform to peer pressure and social expectations
- Faces in the CrowdEssays examining the tension between individual and collective identity
- Individualism ReconsideredCollection of essays on individualism, conformity, and social change
- The Academic RevolutionStudy of American higher education's transformation and role in society
- Constraint and Variety in American EducationAnalysis of tensions between freedom and control in American education