Daniel Foss

Daniel A. Foss (born July 26, 1940) is an American sociologist. He is the author of Freak Culture: Life Style and Politics (1972), and Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements (1986). Foss was born in the Bronx, New York, on July 26, 1940, and received his bachelor's degree in Sociology from Cornell University. Foss went on to study at Brandeis University, where he earned his master's degree in 1962, and his Ph.D. in Sociology in 1969. His book Freak Culture is an abridged version of his Ph.D. dissertation. After receiving his doctoral degree, Foss taught at the School for Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts, at Livingston College, and at the Newark College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University. Foss...