Randolph Bourne & War Critique

Randolph Bourne & War Critique

Randolph Silliman Bourne

Randolph Bourne is a progressive intellectual, critic, and anti-war thinker representing WWI-era America. He studied at Columbia University and contributed to The New Republic and The Seven Arts. He is known for the phrase "War is the health of the state," which criticized the relationship between state power and war. He also developed the multicultural "Trans-National America" thesis, advocating an American image that respects immigrant cultures.

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Year Randolph Silliman Bourne
1886
Birth of Randolph Silliman Bourne (Period: May 30, 1886, Location: Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States)
1911
Social Criticism Based on Experience with Disability (Age: 24 years old, Period: 1911, Location: United States)
1914
World War I (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1914-1918, Location: Battlefields centered on Europe, United States)
1916
Publication of "Trans-National America" (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1916, Location: United States)
1917
Publication of "The War and the Intellectuals" (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1917, Location: United States)
1918
Writing of "The State" (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1918, Location: New York, United States)
Death due to the Spanish Flu Pandemic (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1918, Location: New York City, New York, United States)
Death of Randolph Silliman Bourne (Age: 32 years old, Period: December 22, 1918)
Unknown
Marriage
Marriage (Randolph Silliman Bourne, No marriage record, Period: Not applicable, Location: Not applicable)

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