Paul Goldstene

Paul Norton Goldstene (November 23, 1930 — February 3, 2020) was an American political philosophy professor and political theorist.

Goldstene was a professor of Political Philosophy at California State University, Sacramento, for more than 30 years. He also taught regularly for 13 years with Osher Lifelong Learning at University of California, Davis. 

He was an acclaimed writer and the author of five books on politics, science, and democracy. In 1995, he received the Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award from California State University, Sacramento.

Goldstene was raised in New York City and is a graduate of The University of Arizona, where he received his Ph.D. with a doctoral dissertation on John Kenneth Galbraith in 1970. He was a resident of Davis, Sacramento, California.

Goldstene passed away Monday, February 3, 2020, in Davis, Sacramento. Survivors include his wife of over 60 years, E.F. "Pat" Goldstene; son James, daughter-in-law Jami and granddaughter Lily of Gold River; and daughters Claire and Beth, both of Davis.

• Democracy in America : Sardonic Speculations, January 1, 1989
• The Bittersweet Century: Speculations on Modern Science and American Democracy, February 1, 1989
• The collapse of liberal empire: Science and revolution in the twentieth century, January 1, 1977
• Revolution, American Style: The Nineteen-Sixties and Beyond, October 1, 1997
• Democracy and Its Enemies: The American Struggle for the Enlightenment, October 15, 2018