Counterculture Club

June 11, 2018 7:12 AM

Fred Turner’s research and writing explore media, technology and American cultural history. He is especially interested in how emerging media have shaped American life since World War II. He is the author of three books, including The Democratic Surround: Multimedia and American Liberalism from World War II to the Psychedelic Sixties (Chicago, 2013) and From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism (Chicago, 2006).
posted by spaceburglar (2 comments total)

Thanks for the overview. This interview with Turner in Logic Magazine is another great brief introduction to his work.
posted by col_pogo at 10:42 AM on June 11, 2018 [2 favorites]

His book The Democratic Surround sounds like it's extremely Relevant To My Interests, as someone who's always trying to argue that New-Deal/Post-War American Liberalism was the best possible left political program. I'm off to the library!
posted by Harvey Kilobit at 7:50 PM on June 12, 2018