Seymour martin lipset biography of albert einstein

American sociologist (1922–2006)

Seymour Martin Lipset (LIP-sit; March 18, 1922 – December 31, 2006) was an American sociologist and political scientist.

Seymour martin lipset biography of albert einstein

His major work was in the fields of political sociology, trade union organization, social stratification, public opinion, and the sociology of intellectual life. He also wrote extensively about the conditions for democracy in comparative perspective.

He was president of both the American Political Science Association (1979–1980) and the American Sociological Association (1992–1993). A socialist in his early life, Lipset later moved to the right, and was considered to be one of the first neoconservatives.^[2][1]

At his death in 2006, The Guardian called him "the leading theorist of democracy and American exceptionalism";^[2]The New York Times said he was "a pre-eminent sociologist, political scientist and incisive theorist of American uniqueness";^[1] and The W