Orlando Patterson
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Orlando Patterson | |
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Born | Westmoreland, Jamaica | 5 June 1940
Title | John Cowles Chair in Sociology at Harvard University |
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Doctoral advisor | David Glass |
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Discipline | Sociologist |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Doctoral students | Mabel Berezin |
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Notable works | Freedom in the Making of Western Culture (1991) |
Orlando Patterson OM (born 5 June 1940) is a Jamaican-born American historical and cultural sociologist known for his work regarding issues of race in the United States, as well as the sociology of development. He is a professor at Harvard University. His book Freedom, Volume One, or Freedom in the Making of Western Culture (1991), won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction.[1]
Early life and education[]
Patterson was born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, and grew up in Clarendon Parish in the small town of May Pen. He attended primary school there, then moved to Kingston to attend Kingston College. He went on to earn a BSc in Economics from the University of the West Indies, Mona, in 1962, and his PhD in Sociology at the London School of Economics in 1965.[2] His dissertation adviser was David Glass.[3] He also wrote for the recently founded New Left Review, his first work being "The Essays of James Baldwin" in 1964.[4] While in London he was associated with the Caribbean Artists Movement, whose second meeting, in January 1967, was held at the Pattersons' North London flat.[5]
Career[]
Earlier in his career, Patterson was concerned with the economic and political development of his home country, Jamaica. He served as special advisor to Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1972 to 1979.
Patterson is known for his work on the relationship between slavery and social death, which he has worked on extensively and written several books about.
Patterson has appeared on PBS and has been a guest columnist in The New York Times. A 2015 article in the latter, "The Real Problem With America's Inner Cities," used the lens of developmental sociology to analyze recent protests and looting in West Baltimore.[6]
Patterson currently holds the John Cowles chair in Sociology at Harvard University.
In October 2015 he received the Gold Musgrave Medal in recognition of his contribution to literature.[7] In 2020 he was appointed a member of the Order of Merit, Jamaica's third-highest national honour.[8]
Professional associations[]
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- , American Academy of Political and Social Science[9]
- Member, American Sociological Association
Awards[]
- 2020: Order of Merit, Jamaica. "For his highly distinguised international contribution to Academia, West Indian Literature, Sociology, and the Epistemology of Social Culture"[8]
- 2016: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Lifetime Achievement
- 2015: Gold Musgrave Medal
- 1997: , Harvard
- 1991: National Book Award, Non-Fiction[1]
- 1983: Walter Channing Cabot Faculty Prize, Harvard
- 1983: American Political Science Association
- 1983: from Howard University for the Best Scholarly Work on Pluralism (co-winner): American
- 1983: (formerly ): American Sociological Association
- 1965: Best Novel in English (The Children of Sisyphus): Dakar Festival of Negro Arts
Selected bibliography[]
Academic[]
- The Sociology of Slavery. 1967.
- An Analysis of the Origins, Development and Structure of Negro Slave Society in Jamaica. 1968.
- Ethnic Chauvinism: The Reactionary Impulse. 1977.
- Slavery and Social Death. 1982.
- Freedom in the Making of Western Culture. 1991. Later renamed Freedom, Vol. 1: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture – winner of National Book Award[1]
- The Ordeal of Integration. 1997
- Rituals of Blood: Consequences of Slavery in Two American Centuries. 1999.
- Freedom: Freedom in the Modern World. 2006.
- The Cultural Matrix: Understanding Black Youth (with Ethan Fosse). 2015.
- The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament. 2019.
Fiction[]
- The Children of Sisyphus (novel). 1965.
- An Absence of Ruins (novel). 1967.
- Die the Long Day (novel). 1972.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "National Book Awards – 1991". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ Author information at Peepal Tree Press.
- ^ Stoltz, Dustin (Fall 2018). "Four Questions for Orlando Patterson". Section Culture: Newsletter of the ASA Culture Section. 30 (3). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ Patterson, H. Orlando (July–August 1964). "The Essays of James Baldwin". New Left Review. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ Walmsley, Anne (1992), The Caribbean Artists Movement, 1966-1972: A Literary and Cultural History, New Beacon Books, p. 51. ISBN 978-1873201060.
- ^ Patterson, Orlando (9 May 2015). "The Real Problem in America's Inner Cities". The New York Times.
- ^ "Gold for Sly and Robbie", Jamaica Gleaner, 30 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Henry, Balford (7 August 2020). "Orlando Patterson heads list of national honours awardees for 2020". Jamaican Observer. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Orlando Patterson". AAPSS. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
External links[]
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Harvard University faculty
- African-American studies scholars
- Jamaican academics
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Historians of slavery
- National Book Award winners
- American sociologists
- Jamaican expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Recipients of the Musgrave Medal
- Caribbean Artists Movement people
- Fellows of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
- Recipients of the Order of Merit (Jamaica)
- Jamaican emigrants to the United States