AKA Ralph Morton Lerner

Born: 2-May-1928
Birthplace: Chicago, IL

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scholar

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Thinking Revolutionary

Military service: US Army

Wife: (m.)

    University: AB, University of Chicago (1947)
    University: AM, Cambridge University (1949)
    University: PhD, University of Chicago (1953)
    University: Cambridge University (postgraduate study, 1955-56)
    Professor: University of Chicago

Author of books:
The Thinking Revolutionary: Principle and Practice in the New Republic (1987, politics)
Revolutions Revisited: Two Faces of the Politics of Enlightenment (1994, politics)
Maimonides' Empire of Light: Popular Enlightenment in an Age of Belief (2000, philosophy)
Playing the Fool: Subversive Laughter in Troubled Times (2009, social studies)

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