Lauren Berlant
American academic and author (1957–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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[lower-alpha 1] 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]
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Born | October 31, 1957 (1957-10-31) |
Died | June 28, 2021(2021-06-28) (aged 63) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
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Institutions | University of Chicago |
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.