Michael Paul Rogin

American political scientist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican political scientist
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPolitical scientist Scientist
Work fieldPolitics Science
Gender
Male
Birth29 June 1937, Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York, USA
Death25 November 2001 (aged 64 years)
Star signCancer
Education
University of Chicago
Harvard College
Awards
Beveridge Award1968
The details

Biography

Michael Paul Rogin (June 29, 1937 – November 25, 2001) was an American political scientist who taught at the University of California, Berkeley. His intellectual interests included American literature and cinema. His work is notable for its critique of American imperialism, and he was viewed as one of the members of the Berkeley school of political theory. He was influential to many students, including cultural critic Greil Marcus.

Education

  • Harvard (undergraduate, summa cum laude)
  • University of Chicago (master's)
  • University of Chicago (doctoral)

Personal life

Rogin was born in Mount Kisco, New York, to a Jewish family, and grew up with union and socialist activists. He was married to Deborah Rogin for many years, with whom he had two surviving daughters. Rogin was partners with colleague Ann Banfield at the time of his death.

Published works

  • The Intellectuals and McCarthy (1967)
  • Fathers and Children: Andrew Jackson and the Subjugation of the American Indian (1975)
  • Subversive Genealogy: the Politics and Art of Herman Melville (1983)
  • 'Ronald Reagan,' the Movie, and Other Episodes in Political Demonology (1987)
  • Blackface, White Noise: Jewish Immigrants in the Hollywood Melting Pot (1996)
  • Independence Day, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Enola Gay (1998)
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