Daniel Bell

For other people named Daniel Bell, see Daniel Bell (disambiguation).

Daniel Bell
Born	Daniel Bolotsky (1919-05-10)May 10, 1919 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	January 25, 2011(2011-01-25) (aged 91) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	City College of New York Columbia University
Known for	Post-industrialism
Scientific career
Fields	Sociology
Workplaces	University of Chicago Columbia University Harvard University
Doctoral students	Mustafa Emirbayer
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Daniel Bell (né Bolotsky; May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011) was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era". His three best known works are The End of Ideology (1960), The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (1973), and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976).