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Walter Lippmann

1889 - 1974

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Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 – December 14, 1974) was an American writer, reporter, and political commentator. With a career spanning 60 years, he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of the Cold War, coining the term "stereotype" in the modern psychological meaning, as well as critiquing media and democracy in his newspaper column and several books, most notably his 1922 Public Opinion. Lippmann also played a notable role as research director of Woodrow Wilson's post-World War I board of inquiry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Lippmann has received more than 1,233,256 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Walter Lippmann is the 917th most popular writer (down from 851st in 2019), the 1,017th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,003rd in 2019) and the 98th most popular American Writer.

Walter Lippmann is most famous for his work in journalism and political theory. He is best known for his 1922 book Public Opinion, which is about the role of mass media in democracy.

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Notable Works

Drift and mastery
1914
Essays in the public philosophy
1951
Public opinion
1922
A preface to morals
Philosophy
19295 / 5
A preface to politics
Political science
1913
The public philosophy
1955
Liberty and the News
Press, Liberty, Freedom of information
2012
Public opinion
Social psychology, Public opinion, Politics and government
"Written by one of the most influential men of his times and one of the greatest journalists in history, Public Opinion is an incisive examination of democratic theory, the role of citizens in a democracy, and the impact of the media in shaping thoughts and actions. It changed the nature of political science as a scholarly discipline and introduced concepts that continue to play an important role in current political theory."--BOOK JACKET.
1922
A preface to morals
Ethics, Philosophy and religion, Ethik
1929
A preface to politics
Politics and government, Social problems
1913
Public Opinion
Public opinion, Social psychology, United states, politics and government
2011
Essays in the public philosophy
Democracy, Politique, Démocratie
From inside book description: The Price of Freedom In this compelling and provocative book, Walter Lippmann, one of America's leading political thinkers, urgently warns Western man that his liberty is dangerously threatened. In bold, highly readable fashion, he re-examines traditional democratic ideals-- freedom of speech, free public education, the enjoyment of private property, and other issues of vital concern to freedom-loving peoples all over the world. Mr. Lippmann believes that democratic procedures can be safeguarded only by a strong central government, unafraid of the power of mass opinion. Men will continue to be free, he says, only if they elect officials who cannot be bribed, appeased, or intimidated by private groups, but who sill govern according to the public philosophy, or those principles of unselfish behavior which formed the basis of the U. S. Constitution. Here is an imaginative, Philosophically-grounded discussion which urges every democratic citizen to place the good of his fellow man above personal interest in order to preserve democracy at large, and is own individual liberty.
1951

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter Lippmann ranks 917 out of 7,302. Before him are N. F. S. Grundtvig, Achim von Arnim, L. Ron Hubbard, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Johann Kaspar Lavater, and Anna Seghers. After him are Božena Němcová, Thomas Wolfe, Clifford D. Simak, Jacques Clément, James May, and Jens Peter Jacobsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Walter Lippmann ranks 35. Before him are Mercédès Jellinek, Taha Hussein, Victor Fleming, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, and Edgar Adrian. After him are Abel Gance, Günther Lütjens, Kim Tu-bong, Hannes Meyer, Li Dazhao, and Otto Georg Thierack. Among people deceased in 1974, Walter Lippmann ranks 32. Before him are Otto Strasser, Lewis Strauss, Louis Kahn, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Patrick Blackett, and Fritz Zwicky. After him are Cass Elliot, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Vannevar Bush, Marcel Pagnol, Franz Jonas, and Farid al-Atrash.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Lippmann ranks 1,017 out of 20,380. Before him are Phil Spector (1939), Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), Ed Wood (1924), Woody Harrelson (1961), Mr. T (1952), and Kevin Kline (1947). After him are Jerome Karle (1918), Hugh Glass (1783), Duff McKagan (1964), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), John Searle (1932), and W. Edwards Deming (1900).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Walter Lippmann ranks 98. Before him are Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Cormac McCarthy (1933), Daniel Goleman (1946), Roger Zelazny (1937), Sherwood Anderson (1876), and L. Ron Hubbard (1911). After him are Thomas Wolfe (1900), Clifford D. Simak (1904), Thomas Pynchon (1937), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Nellie Bly (1864), and James Jones (1921).

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