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Daniel Bell Obituary
His son, David, says Bell died at his Cambridge, Mass., home on Tuesday after a short illness.
Bell was a teen radical who in middle age became an apostle of pragmatism. He is credited for at least two seminal works: "The End of Ideology," which predicted a post-Marxist, post conservative era, and "The Coming of the Post-Industrial Society," in which he prophesied the shift from a manufacturing economy to one based on technology.
Bell was a a widely quoted essayist, a co-editor of The Public Interest, a neo-conservative journal; and a professor of sociology at Harvard University and Columbia University.
Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press
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Daniel Farber
March 20, 2016
In a YouTube conversation with Prof. Robert Service on the subject of Trotsky, Christopher Hitchens referred to "the great Daniel Bell". So right!! The subject was the desperate mutiny at Kronstadt a few years after the Russian Revolution, by all reckoning a monstrous betrayal by the Bolsheviks in power. In later years, people who were slow to realize the real nature of the revolution used to refer to some subsequent atrocity as their moment of disillusionment, of their "Kronstadt". Hitchens noted, with enormous approval, that Daniel Bell said that HIS "Kronstadt" was Kronstadt! As always, Prof. Bell was way ahead of the pack
January 9, 2015
Please accept my sincere condolences and sincere prayers that go out to the surviving family and friends. May the God of comfort continue to bless you and yours especially after such an untimely loss of a very precious life please accept my deepest sympathies. (2 Cor. 1:2, 3).
March 16, 2014
In this time of a loss of someone special in our lives be comforted to know God cares and will help us endure through his love with comfort and peace. We miss this talented person whom everyone respected and admired.
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Mike Callahan
February 1, 2011
I am so sorry for your loss. Mr. Bell was "on the money" with his acurate predictions.. He was TOTALLY correct..
January 29, 2011
My condolences to the family and friends.
May you find comfort in the wonderful promise that awaits your dear loved one.
Acts 5:28, 29
Dr. Christian Rümelin
January 29, 2011
All my deepest condolences to you. Prof. Bell, your father will be strongly missed by many of us, not only as scholar, but also as a great man. All my thoughts and sympathy are with you.
January 28, 2011
Our condolences to the Bell family. May the God of all comfort be with you.
Dr. Rafael Mevorach
January 28, 2011
Dear David and Jordy,
I wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to you on the passing of your Dad, Daniel. He was a great man who had a lot to say and said it well.
We (the two of you and your Dad), met together in 1968 or 1969 in Jerusalem. I believe that you, David, came by my school, the American College in Jerusalem. We met and hung out a bit. Once I learned that your Dad was Daniel Bell, I asked if you would bring me to meet him at your hotel - the King David. I had just read one of Daniel's books - it read like a brilliant novel - when I told your Dad this, he beamed!
Your Dad also new my father, the economist, Ben B. Seligman.
My name (was) Bob Seligman. I say "was", as in 1980 I returned to Israel on aliya and in 1984, shortly after declaring my citizenship I changed my name to Rafael Mevorach.
Please write, when you can, to: [email protected].
Algere'- Knox
January 27, 2011
To the entire Bell Family
Wendell and I were so very sad to learn of Dan's passing. He was so admired by both of us. You are in our thoughts and prayers at this very difficult time. Lucy Algere' & Wendell Knox
January 27, 2011
My sympathies to the Bell family on their loss. May the "God of All Comfort" be with you.
R Golay
January 26, 2011
To the the family of Daniel Bell - May God give you peace and comfort through his word and the Lord Jesus Christ during this time of sorrow, I know that Daniel will be missed by many.
Dr. Eric D. Young
January 26, 2011
Another great icon of Sociology gone... Rest in Peace, Daniel Bell.
Julia Shuman
January 26, 2011
So sad...The loss of another brilliant man..Our thoughts and prayer's are with you and your family. The Shuman Family, Phoenix, Maryland
January 26, 2011
MANY CONDOLENCES TO THE BELL FAMILY. IS.25:8 ATLANTA,GA.
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