Thomas de Zengotita

Thomas de Zengotita (1943 – 2024)[1] was a teacher, author, and contributing editor at Harper's Magazine. He held a Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University and taught at the Dalton School for decades, and New York University.[2][3] His book Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It (2005) won the Marshall McLuhan award in 2006 and, in 2010.[4] He co-wrote the narration for a film directed by Adrian Grenier entitled Teenage Paparazzo.[5]  

His second book, Postmodern Theory and Progressive Politics: Toward New Humanism, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018.[6] He was last at work on a book called Toward a New Foundation for Human Rights: a Phenomenological Approach.[7]

De Zengotita graduated from Columbia University in 1973 and received his Ph.D. in 1992.[8] At college, he was roommates with the paleontologist, Niles Eldredge, who proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972, in Carman Hall.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Letters". Harper's Magazine. Archived from the original on 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  2. ^ Fineberg, Tobi. "LibGuides: Symposium 2020: Free Speech in the United States and at Dalton: Guest Speakers". libguides.dalton.org. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  3. ^ Preston, Peter (2005-07-24). "Why we are what we are". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  4. ^ "Media Ecology Association - Past Awards". www.media-ecology.org. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  5. ^ Teenage Paparazzo, retrieved 2018-08-29
  6. ^ Postmodern Theory and Progressive Politics - Toward a New Humanism | Thomas de Zengotita | Palgrave Macmillan. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Feldman, Roxanne. "LibGuides: Symposium 2020: Free Speech in the United States and at Dalton: Guest Speakers". libguides.dalton.org. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
  8. ^ a b "Take Five with Niles Eldredge '65, GSAS'69". Columbia College Today. 23 July 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.


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