Lauren Berlant

Lauren Berlant
BornOctober 31, 1957 (1957-10-31)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJune 28, 2021(2021-06-28) (aged 63)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Known for
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Academic background
Education
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
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Lauren Gail Berlant[1] (October 31, 1957 – June 28, 2021) was an American scholar, cultural theorist, and author who is regarded as "one of the most esteemed and influential literary and cultural critics in the United States."[2][3] Berlant was the George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor of English at the University of Chicago, where they[a] taught from 1984 until 2021.[4] Berlant wrote and taught issues of intimacy and belonging in popular culture, in relation to the history and fantasy of citizenship.[5]

Berlant wrote on public spheres as they affect worlds, where affect and emotion lead the way for belonging ahead of the modes of rational or deliberative thought. These attach strangers to each other and shape the terms of the state-civil society relation.

  1. ^ a b Traub, Alex (July 3, 2021). "Lauren Berlant, Critic of the American Dream, Is Dead at 63". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Butler, Judith; Doherty, Maggie; Chaudhary, Ajay Singh; Winant, Gabriel (July 8, 2021). "'What Would It Mean to Think That Thought?': The Era of Lauren Berlant". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved October 25, 2022. The death of Lauren Berlant, one of the most esteemed and influential literary and cultural critics in the United States, has been met with a keen sense of loss through the academy.
  3. ^ Patterson, Sara (January 7, 2020). "Lauren Berlant wins MLA's lifetime achievement award | University of Chicago News". news.uchicago.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2022. "Lauren Berlant is one of the most influential scholars of the 21st century."
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  5. ^ "Big Brains podcast: Why Chasing The Good Life Is Holding Us Back, With Lauren Berlant". news.uchicago.edu. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.


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