Paul Goodman
Goodman's Growing Up Absurd diagnosed the alienation of American youth culture in 1960 and became a manifesto for the emerging counterculture. He was a public intellectual of remarkable versatility, writing across psychology, urban planning, and literary criticism.
Works
- The Empire CityExperimental novel depicting life in New York City through multiple perspectives and narrative forms
- Parents' Day
- Making Do
- The Dead of Spring
- The Facts of Life
- Growing Up AbsurdEssays examining how society has failed young people and arguing for educational and social reform
- CommunitasEssays on communal living and alternatives to centralized authority and traditional institutions
- Compulsory Mis-educationEssays critiquing compulsory education and proposing alternatives for authentic learning
- New Reformation