Barrington Moore Jr.

Who was Barrington Moore Jr.?

Barrington Moore Jr. was an American political sociologist and the son of forester Barrington Moore. He is famous for his Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World, a comparative study of modernization in Britain, France, the United States, China, Japan and India, and a philosophical history of totalitarianism. His many other works include Reflections on the Causes of Human Misery and an analysis of rebellion, Injustice: the Social Basis of Obedience and Revolt.