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Theodore Roszak

テオドア・ロズザク

Teodō Rozzak

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1933-11-15 （Chicago, Illinois）
Died
2011-07-05 （Berkeley, California） age 77
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Roman Catholic
Residence History
Chicago (childhood) → Los Angeles (UCLA) → Princeton (PhD) → Stanford (faculty) → London (1964-1965) → Hayward/East Bay (faculty) → Berkeley (later life)

Career

Occupations
Author, Historian, Professor, Editor
Active Years
1958-2011
Affiliations
California State University, East Bay (Professor Emeritus), Stanford University, San Francisco State University (visiting), Schumacher College (visiting)
Memberships
Editor of Peace News (1964-1965)
Nominations
National Book Award nomination (twice)

Education

University of California, Los Angeles
History
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Year of Graduation: 1955
Country: United States
Princeton University
History
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Year of Graduation: 1958
Country: United States
Dissertation: Thomas Cromwell and the Henrican reformation

Awards

James Tiptree, Jr. Award
1995
Work: The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein
Result: winner
Grand prix de l'Imaginaire
2009
Work: The Crystal Child: A Story of the Buried Life
Category: Foreign Language Novel
Organization: Association française de science-fiction
Result: winner
New York Open Center Award
1999
Organization: New York Open Center
Result: Prescient and Influential Analysis of American Culture
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: Fellow

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Making of a Counter Culture

1969 Non-fiction

Chronicled and explained the 1960s counterculture in Europe and North America, credited with first using the term 'counterculture'.

countercultureyouth rebelliontechnocracy critique

Flicker

1991 Novel

Cult novel on the secret history of cinema involving occult influences.

cinema historyoccultconspiracy

The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein

1995 Novel

Feminist retelling of Frankenstein from the perspective of Elizabeth.

Frankensteingenderscientific ethics

The Voice of the Earth

1992 Non-fiction

Coined the term 'ecopsychology' and explored the field.

ecopsychologyenvironment and psyche

Bibliography

  • The Dissenting Academy
  • The Making of a Counter Culture
  • Masculine/Feminine
  • Where the Wasteland Ends
  • Sources
  • Unfinished Animal
  • Person/Planet
  • From Satori to Silicon Valley
  • The Cult of Information
  • Why Astrology Endures
  • Fool's Cycle/Full Cycle
  • The Voice of the Earth
  • The Gendered Atom
  • Ecopsychology
  • World Beware!
  • The Making of an Elder Culture
  • Pontifex
  • Bugs
  • Dreamwatcher
  • Flicker
  • The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein
  • The Devil and Daniel Silverman
  • The Crystal Child

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Prescient cultural criticismCritique of technocracyEcological perspective
Recurring Motifs
countercultureecopsychologypsychological effects of science and technology

Legacy

Pioneering scholar who coined 'counterculture' to describe 1960s movements, founder of ecopsychology, and author of influential works critiquing technology, environment, and culture in both nonfiction and fiction.

In Popular Culture

  • Featured prominently in the 1977 BBC series 'The Long Search' episode 'Alternative Lifestyles in California'.

Trivia

  • The surname Roszak is of Polish origin.
  • Parents were Roman Catholics; father a cabinet maker, mother a homemaker.
  • Married to Betty Roszak.
  • Distinguished from the sculptor and painter Theodore Roszak (artist).