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Merton's Correspondence with:

Walter A. Weisskopf; Walter Weisskopt

Weisskopf, Walter A., d. 1991  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1968
Volume: 3 item(s); 6 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Merton responds to some of Weisskopf's questions to Merton about eros and technological society, and Merton adds some comments on Weisskopf's essay "Repression and the Dialectics of Industrial Civilization".

Biography

Walter A. Weisskopf was Professor Emeritus of Economics at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. He was the author of The Psychology of Economics (1955) and Alienation and Economics (1971).

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Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Weisskopf in Witness to Freedom, pp. 336-338. Articles by Weisskopf Forum for Correspondence and Contact and Merton's replies to his writing can be found in Sub-Section D.7 (Periodicals) and in Sub-Sections D.1 and E.1 under "Comment on Charlotte Buhler, Tom Stonier, Walter A. Weisskopf."

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#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
 y/m/dMerton Scan ✉ 
1. 1968/03/19 TLS to Merton Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your comments in Forum (Vol. 1, No. 2). «detailed view»
2. 1968/04/04 TL[c] from Merton Thank you for your warm letter and for the offprints. I am most happy to be in contact with you «detailed view»
3. 1991/04/12 other[x]   Private services have been held in Menlo Park, Calif., for Walter Weisskopf, 86, a former Roosevelt [obituary published in the Chicago Sun-Times, 12 April 1991, page 53] «detailed view»

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