Michael Parenti

Michael Parenti
Parenti in Berkeley, California in 2004
Born (1933-09-30) September 30, 1933 (age 91)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
SpouseSusan Parenti
ChildrenChristian Parenti
Awards
Education
Education
ThesisEthnic and Political Attitudes: A Depth Study of Italian Americans (1962)
Doctoral advisorRobert E. Lane
Philosophical work
SchoolMarxism
Institutions
Main interestsSocialism · Imperialism · Political economy · Media · Ideology
Notable works
  • Democracy for the Few
  • Inventing Reality
  • Dirty Truths
  • Blackshirts and Reds
  • To Kill a Nation
  • Superpatriotism

Michael John Parenti (born September 30, 1933) is an American political scientist, academic historian and cultural critic who writes on scholarly and popular subjects. He has taught at universities as well as run for political office.[1] Parenti is well known for his Marxist writings and lectures,[2][3] and is an intellectual of the American Left.[4]

In the 2000s, he became embroiled in controversy when he claimed that Serbia's war crimes in the former Yugoslavia had been exaggerated in the Western press in order to justify NATO military intervention followed by privatization of the Serbian economy.[5][6] Parenti was denounced by Bosniak organizations and historians for his denial of the Bosnian Genocide.[7]

  1. ^ Marcetic, Branko (March 3, 2021). "How Bernie Sanders, an Open Socialist, Won Burlington's Mayoral Election". Jacobin.
  2. ^ Parenti, Michael (January 1, 1998). "The Increasing Relevance of Marxism". Socialism and Democracy. 12 (1): 115–121. doi:10.1080/08854309808428215. ISSN 0885-4300.
  3. ^ Boggs, Carl (June 1, 2012). "Reflections on Politics and Academia: An Interview with Michael Parenti". New Political Science. 34 (2): 228–236. doi:10.1080/07393148.2012.676401. ISSN 0739-3148. S2CID 147258248.
  4. ^ Carr, Paul R. (2011). Does Your Vote Count?: Critical Pedagogy and Democracy. Peter Lang. p. 274. ISBN 978-1433108129.
  5. ^ "The Media and their Atrocities". The Michael Parenti Political Archive. May 2000.
  6. ^ Parenti, Michael (2001). "Introduction: Whom Do We Believe?". To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia. Verso Books. pp. 1–5. ISBN 1859847765.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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