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His work "''Trans-National America''" is a discussion on the assimilation of the immigrant into American life which has come to be referred to as the "[[Melting pot]]" - a concept that Bourne did not hold in high regard.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zbb4O82RUwQC&pg=PA343 World War Issues and Ideals: Readings in Contemporary History and Literature], Trans-National America</ref> | His work "''Trans-National America''" is a discussion on the assimilation of the immigrant into American life which has come to be referred to as the "[[Melting pot]]" - a concept that Bourne did not hold in high regard.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zbb4O82RUwQC&pg=PA343 World War Issues and Ideals: Readings in Contemporary History and Literature], Trans-National America</ref> | ||
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| − | He died in New York, December 22, 1918. | + | He died in New York, December 22, 1918. In 2001, the Randolph Bourne Institute(RBI) was founded<ref>[http://randolphbourne.org/ Randolph Bourne Institute]</ref> in pursuit of Bourne's ideals of a noninterventionist foreign policy for the United States. RBI is the publisher of Antiwar.com. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/untimelypapers00bour Untimely papers], including the fragment "The State" which is regarded as the unfinished work of ''War is the health of the State'' | * [https://archive.org/details/untimelypapers00bour Untimely papers], including the fragment "The State" which is regarded as the unfinished work of ''War is the health of the State'' | ||
* [https://mises.org/library/state The State] | * [https://mises.org/library/state The State] | ||
| + | * [http://randolphbourne.org/ Randolph Bourne Institute] | ||
| + | * [http://www.antiwar.com/ Antiwar.com] | ||
[[Category:Progressive Era]] | [[Category:Progressive Era]] | ||
Revision as of 12:30, February 26, 2016
Randolph Silliman Bourne (May 30, 1886 - December 22, 1918) was a left wing academic who was best known for his phrase "War is the health of the State".[1]
Early Life
Randolph S. Bourne was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, May 30, 1886. Bourne went to the public schools in his native town, and then for some time earned his living as an assistant to a manufacturer of automatic piano music. In 1909 he entered Columbia, graduating in 1913 as holder of the Gilder Fellowship, which enabled him to spend a year of study and investigation in Europe.
Literary Work
He was one of the more important of the younger contributors to American magazines on social and political movements and on education. His most important books are "Youth and Life" (1913) and "Education and Living" (1917).
In 1911 he had begun contributing to The Atlantic Monthly, and his first book, "Youth and Life," a volume of essays, appeared in 1913. He was a member of the contributing staff of The New Republic during its first three years; later he was a contributing editor of The Seven Arts and The Dial. He had published, in addition to his first collection of essays and a large number of miscellaneous articles and book reviews, two other books, "Education and Living" and "The Gary Schools." At the time of his death he was engaged on a novel and a study of the political future titled "The State".[2]
Transnationalism
His work "Trans-National America" is a discussion on the assimilation of the immigrant into American life which has come to be referred to as the "Melting pot" - a concept that Bourne did not hold in high regard.[3]
Death and Legacy
He died in New York, December 22, 1918. In 2001, the Randolph Bourne Institute(RBI) was founded[4] in pursuit of Bourne's ideals of a noninterventionist foreign policy for the United States. RBI is the publisher of Antiwar.com.
See Also
References
External Links
- Untimely papers, including the fragment "The State" which is regarded as the unfinished work of War is the health of the State
- The State
- Randolph Bourne Institute
- Antiwar.com