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Influential American economist engaging in critical social commentary regarding the workings of capitalism in large companies and unions, advertising and affluence, and extending to foreign policy and war. An ethical gadfly with a challenging perspective on present trends – matching that of the distinctive view from his own physical height.  

Life

• Biography of Galbraith from Spartacus Educational with links to other resources

• Obituary of Galbraith from The Guardian

• 'J K Galbraith: a radical Keynesian'

• Assessment of Galbraith from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics

Works

• The Liberal Hour

• Galbraith personal papers in the JFK library

Video

John Kenneth Galbraith interview (9 mins) 

American sociologist with particular interest in how people present themselves to each other and in human communication generally. Self-awareness and self-projection are important ingredients in moral education.

 Life

• Biography of Goffman from ThoughtCo

• A brief assessment of Goffman's work

 Works

• The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

• Embarrassment and Social Organization

• The Erving Goffman Archives with links to a wide range of materials by and about Goffman

   

From his research in contemporary culture and technology, he concluded that the media of communication are even more determinative of civilisation than the information they convey. Thus printing and mass media create different human beings than existed before them. He would find the evidence from mobile phone and internet usage to elaborate this hypothesis.

Life

• Biography of McLuhan

• McLuhan Reconsidered

• Marshall McLuhan predicts the global village

Writings

• The Medium is the Message

 Video

'The Future of Man in the Electric Age' (16 mins)