Quote of the day
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
Richard Hoggart
Born: September 24, 1918
Died: April 10, 2014 (aged 95)
Bio: Herbert Richard Hoggart was a British academic whose career covered the fields of sociology, English literature and cultural studies, with emphasis on British popular culture.
Known for:
- The Uses of Literacy (1957)
- La Culture du pauvre (1970)
- Everyday language & everyday life (2003)
- Mass media in a mass society (2004)
- The Way We Live Now (1995)