Michael Paul Rogin (June 29, 1937 – November 25, 2001) was an American

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who taught at the

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.Janet Gilmore, University of California Press Relations
"UC Berkeley professor Michael Rogin, political scientist and influential teacher, dies following short illness"
Nov. 29, 2001. His intellectual interests included American literature and cinema. His work is notable for its critique of

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, and he was viewed as one of the members of the Berkeley school of political theory. He was influential to many students, including cultural critic

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.Charles Burress
"Michael Rogin, 64, well-known writer, critic, UC professor"
(obituary), ''

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'', Nov. 30, 2001.

Education

* Harvard (undergraduate,

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) *

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(master's) * University of Chicago (doctoral)

Personal life

Rogin was born in

Mount Kisco, New York Mount Kisco is a village and town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The town of Mount Kisco is coterminous with the village. The population was 10,959 at the 2020 United States census over 10,877 at the 2010 census. It serves as a ...

, to a Jewish family, and grew up with union and socialist activists. He was married to Deborah Rogin for many years, with whom he had two surviving daughters. Rogin was partners with colleague

Ann Banfield Ann Banfield, is a professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Banfield has taught at Berkeley since 1975 and is a specialist in linguistics, critical theory and the use of philosophy as a cornerstone of modernism. In ...

at the time of his death.

Published works

* ''The Intellectuals and McCarthy'' (1967) * ''Fathers and Children: Andrew Jackson and the Subjugation of the American Indian'' (1975) * ''Subversive Genealogy: the Politics and Art of Herman Melville'' (1983) * Ronald Reagan,' the Movie, and Other Episodes in Political Demonology'' (1987) * ''Blackface, White Noise: Jewish Immigrants in the Hollywood Melting Pot'' (1996) * ''Independence Day, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Enola Gay'' (1998)

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