Paul Goodman vs. Ursula K. Le Guin
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Paul Goodman
1911 – 1972
Paul Goodman was an American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism. Goodman was prolific across numerous literary genres and non-fiction topics, including the arts, civil rights, decentralization, democracy, education, media, politics, psychology, technology, urban planning, and war. As a humanist and self-styled man of letters, his works often addressed a common theme of the individual citizen's duties in the larger society, and the responsibility to exercise autonomy, act creatively, and realize one's own human nature.
"In our truly remarkable an unexampled civil peace, where there are rarely fist fights; where no one is born, is gravely ill, or dies; where meat is eaten but no…"
Ursula K. Le Guin
1929 – 2018
Ursula K. Le Guin was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction and fantasy, including The Lathe of Heaven (1971) and the Earthsea series. Her writing explored anthropology, sociology, and politics through imaginative worldbuilding and feminist and anarchist themes.
"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new."
Connections
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