I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and a corporate elite were able to seize power in the United States. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then I wouldn't… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity of the media torrent. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the government of the United States governs so much that… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
