Randolph Bourne
Randolph Silliman Bourne (born May 30, 1886 in Bloomfield (New Jersey) , † December 22, 1918 ) was an American publicist . He is still known today for his essays and in particular for the incomplete manuscript The State ("The State"), which was discovered after his death. His essays have appeared in various magazines, including The Seven Arts and The New Republic .
Life
Bourne studied with John Dewey at Columbia University in New York. In his essay "Transnational America" from 1916 he advocated that the US should take up the cultures of immigrants and create a "cosmopolitan America" instead of forcing them to adapt to an Anglophile culture, as advocated by the melting pot ideology .
Bourne died during the post World War I flu epidemic . His ideas have influenced cosmopolitan and multicultural concepts.
Since he was born, he suffered from facial deformities caused by the improper use of forceps , and when he was four years old, he contracted spinal tuberculosis , which stunted his growth and hunched him.
Randolph Bourne Institute
The Randolph Bourne Institute has set itself the task of honoring his memory and supporting an American foreign policy that pursues the goal of a peaceful world without intervention. It publishes the website Antiwar.com.
Works
- The State (1918).
- "War is the Health of the State" (1918), excerpted from The State .
- Trans-National America , from Atlantic Monthly , 118 (July 1916), 86-97
literature
- Edward Abrahams: The Lyrical Left: Randolph Bourne, Alfred Stieglitz, and the Origins of Cultural Radicalism in America . University Press of Virginia, Charlotteville, 1986, ISBN 0-8139-1080-3
- Casey Nelson Blake: Beloved Community: The Cultural Criticism of Randolph Bourne, Van Wyck Brooks , Waldo Frank & Lewis Mumford . University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1990, ISBN 0-8078-1935-2
- Olaf Hansen: Randolph Bourne: The Radical Will: Selected Writings, 1911-1918 . Urizen Books, New York 1977, ISBN 0-916354-00-8
- Eric J. Sandeen: The Letters of Randolph Bourne: A Comprehensive Edition . Whitston Pub. Co., Troy, 1981, ISBN 0-87875-190-4
Web links
- Website Randolph Bourne Institute (English)
- The Maverick of 1916 Obama's Victory Predicted Article by Wolf Lepenies in the World of November 9, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bourne, Randolph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bourne, Randolph Silliman (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bloomfield, New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1918 |