Thomas de Zengotita (born c. 1944[citation needed]) is an author and contributing editor at Harper's Magazine. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University and teaches at the Dalton School and New York University.[1] His book Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It (2005) won the Marshall McLuhan award in 2006 and, in 2010.[2] He co-wrote the narration for a film directed by Adrian Grenier entitled Teenage Paparazzo.[3]  

His most recent book, Postmodern Theory and Progressive Politics: Toward New Humanism was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018.[4] He is presently at work on a book called Toward a New Foundation for Human Rights: a Phenomenological Approach which is due out in 2020 from Stanford University Press.

De Zengotita graduated from Columbia University in 1973 and received his Ph.D. in 1992.[5] At college, he was roommates with the paleontologist, Niles Eldredge, who proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972, in Carman Hall.[5]

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  1. ^ Fineberg, Tobi. "LibGuides: Symposium 2020: Free Speech in the United States and at Dalton: Guest Speakers". libguides.dalton.org. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  2. ^ "Media Ecology Association - Past Awards". www.media-ecology.org. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  3. ^ Teenage Paparazzo, retrieved 2018-08-29
  4. ^ Postmodern Theory and Progressive Politics - Toward a New Humanism | Thomas de Zengotita | Palgrave Macmillan.
  5. ^ a b "Take Five with Niles Eldredge '65, GSAS'69". Columbia College Today. 23 July 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
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