Daniel Bell

Daniel Bell
Born(1919-05-10)May 10, 1919
DiedJanuary 25, 2011(2011-01-25) (aged 91)
Alma materCity College of New York Columbia University
Known forPost-industrialism
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Columbia University
Harvard University
Doctoral studentsMustafa Emirbayer
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Daniel Bell (May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011) was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era". His three best known works are The End of Ideology (1960), The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (1973), and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976).