Question

As a result of mccarthyism, most americans were slow to criticize mainstream society. however, these four intellectuals were prominent for their outspokenness in the midst of 1950s uniformity. identify their critiques during this age of consensus.

Answer 1

Ralph Ellison--author of Invisible Man which pointed out the indifference white America had toward the problems of black Americans.

Jack Kerouac--a member of the Beat Generation who embraced black culture, did drugs, and experimented with sexuality.

William Whyte--author of the Organization Man which criticized the conformity of business and middle class jobs. Men mindlessly going to work and working without questioning the system.

C. Wright Mills--author of the Power Elite which criticized the growing military industrial complex which gave power to munitions manufacturers and the government.

Answer 2

Vance Packard argued that the advertisers have a proportional that was more influential to their culture.

According to John Kenneth, the productivity pursuit had gone beyond the importance of the economic and social status on infrastructure development.

William Whyte being an organizational author believes that an ordinary player always replaces an independent thinker.

Jack Kerouac belonged to the beat generation and always embraced the black culture while experimenting with sexuality.

Finally, Ralph Ellison was an invisible man who always sorted the differences among the whites.