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Orlando Patterson (born June 5, 1940 in Westmoreland , Jamaica ) is a Jamaican -American sociologist and author. His book Freedom, Volume One, or Freedom in the Making of Western Culture won the US National Book Award (non-fiction).
Life and education
Patterson grew up in May Pen . He initially studied at Kingston College and graduated in 1962 from the University of the West Indies ( University of London ) as a B.Sc. in economics . He received his PhD in sociology from the London School of Economics in 1965.
Career
In 1967 he became a professor at the University of the West Indies. In 1969 he moved to Harvard University , where he has been working ever since. He is the John Cowles Professor of Sociology . From 1972 to 1980 he was special advisor to Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley .
In his work, he focuses on the connection between slavery and social death , the culture of freedom and the cultural sociology of poverty and underdevelopment with special attention to the Caribbean and Afro-American youth. He also dealt with the cultural sociology of sport and wrote in particular on cricket .
In addition to non-fiction books, Patterson also published three novels. He has written guest columns for the New York Times , Washington Post , Time, and Newsweek .
Awards
- National Book Award , non-fiction, 1991
- UCLA Medal, 1992
- Order of Distinction, Commander Class, Jamaica, 1999
- Musgrave Gold Medal (Literature), 2015
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award , Lifetime Achievement, 2016
Memberships and grants
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 1991
- Ernest W. Burgess Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
- American Sociological Association
Honorary title
- Magister artium , Harvard University, 1971
- Doctor of Humane Letters, Trinity College, 1992
- Doctor of Humane Letters, The New School , NY, 2000
- Doctor of Humane Letters, Northeastern University , 2001
- Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Chicago , 2002
- Doctor of Letters, La Trobe University , 2006
Works
Novels
- The Children of Sisyphus , 1965
- An Absence of Ruins , 1967
- The the Long Day , 1972
Non-fiction
- The Sociology of Slavery , 1967
- An Analysis of the Origins, Development and Structure of Negro Slave Society in Jamaica , 1968
- Ethnic Chauvinism: The Reactionary Impulse , 1977
- Slavery and Social Death , 1982
- Freedom in the Making of Western Culture , 1991 (later renamed Freedom, Vol. 1: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture )
- Rituals of Blood: Consequences of Slavery in Two American Centuries , 1999
- Freedom: Freedom in the Modern World , 2006
- The Cultural Matrix: Understanding Black Youth (with Ethan Fosse), 2015
Web links
- Biography on Harvard University website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Orlando Patterson nationalbook.org
- ↑ a b c d The Caribbean Zola harvardmagazine.com
- ↑ biography harvard.edu
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter P. (PDF; 649 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved October 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Curriculum Vitae harvard.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Patterson, Orlando |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican-American sociologist, professor of sociology at Harvard University |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Westmoreland Parish |