6 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American criminal and cult leader — who directed the Tate-LaBianca murders (1969) through his followers (the Manson Family) — whose case became the most culturally mythologized crime of the 20th century — serving as a symbol of the 1960s counterculture's dark side.
American mining magnate who made a vast fortune through the Comstock Lode, the Anaconda Mine, and the Homestake Mine — and who served as US Senator from California — providing the wealth that allowed his son William Randolph to build his media empire.
American novelist — Nobel Prize in Literature 1962 — author of The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, and East of Eden — who created the most influential fiction about American labor and the Depression.
Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives (2023) — Republican Majority Leader (2014–23) — California Republican — who was removed as Speaker after 9 months by a motion to vacate led by Matt Gaetz, becoming the first Speaker removed in American history.
California natural food supermarket chain founded by Sandy Gooch in 1977 — which grew to 7 stores — and which Whole Foods acquired in 1993 as part of its West Coast expansion.
American philosopher who wrote The Passion of the Western Mind — the most widely used intellectual history of Western philosophy — and Cosmos and Psyche — an attempt to demonstrate the validity of archetypal astrology through the correlation of major historical events and planetary configurations.