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Author Patrick L. Schmidt Discusses His New Book Harvard’s Quixotic Pursuit of a New Science: The Rise and Fall of the Department of Social Relations
Author Patrick L. Schmidt speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about his new book - Harvard’s Quixotic Pursuit of a New Science: The Rise and Fall of the Department of Social Relations. Schmidt tells the little-known story of how some of the most renowned social scientists of the twentieth century (Including Talcott Parsons and Timothy Leary) struggled to elevate their emerging disciplines of cultural anthropology, sociology, and social and clinical psychology. Also - The re-emergence of the study psychedelic drugs at Harvard is discussed.
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Author Patrick L. Schmidt speaks with Radio Free Galisteo's John Shannon about his new book - Harvard’s Quixotic Pursuit of a New Science: The Rise and Fall of the Department of Social Relations. Schmidt tells the little-known story of how some of the most renowned social scientists of the twentieth century (Including Talcott Parsons and Timothy Leary) struggled to elevate their emerging disciplines of cultural anthropology, sociology, and social and clinical psychology. Also - The re-emergence of the study psychedelic drugs at Harvard is discussed.
Visit Patrick's Website: https://patrickschmidtauthor.com/
Follow Radio Free Galisteo on Instagram at: @radiofreegalisteo. We're on twitter here: https://twitter.com/FreeGalisteo or @FreeGalisteo.
We're now on BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreegalisteo.bsky.social
Support the show by going to https://www.RadioFreeGalisteo.com and clicking on our Red DONATE button to select a method of financial encouragement - Patreon, Paypal, Stripe or just Buy Us a Coffee!