Word: bellah
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bellah is best known for Habits of the Heart and The Good Society, which were both attempts to understand the limitations of individualism in American political culture...
...Bellah's writings were published long before his works became mandatory reading in debates over civic engagement...
During his college days, Bellah "spent a lot of time studying and reading," says Eli J. Sagan '48, a college friend of Bellah's who remains close to him today. "He was probably the most prepared student I ever...
Outside of the classroom, Sagan says Bellah was "very much involved with politics" as an avowed Communist and a member of the Harvard Liberal Union...
Sagan recalls how when HLU introduced a resolution stating that the organization should exclude Communists, Bellah was the only student willing to speak out and identify himself as a member of the Party despite fierce anti-communist sentiment...