Lewis Samuel Feuer (1912–2002) was an American sociologist, philosopher, and intellectual historian, known for his work on Marxism, ideology, and the sociology of knowledge. His career evolved from Marxist activism to neo-conservative thought.
Born in Manhattan, New York, he earned a PhD in philosophy from Harvard University (1935) under Alfred North Whitehead. Initially involved in leftist politics, he later became a critic of radical movements, particularly after witnessing student unrest at the University of California-Berkeley. He held academic positions at Vassar College, the University of California-Berkeley, University of Toronto, and University of Virginia, where he was professor emeritus at his death.
His influential works include Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: Basic Writings on Politics and Philosophy (1959,) The Conflict of Generations: The Character and Significance of Student Movements (1969,) and Ideology and the Ideologists (1975.) His later books, such as Einstein and the Generations of Science (1982,) explored scientific revolutions and intellectual history.
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Wherever a set of alternative possible routes toward achieving a given end presents itself, a student movement will tend to choose the one which involves a higher measure of violence or humiliation directed against the older generation
—Lewis Samuel Feuer
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