2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American sociologist at Penn who coined the term WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) — author of The Protestant Establishment and Philadelphia Gentlemen — who studied the American ruling class and argued that its closure to meritocratic talent (Jews, Catholics, Blacks) caused its decline.
American artist and filmmaker based in Philadelphia who directed the documentary Treasure of the Sierra Madre about the history of outsider art, and whose own art work engages with visionary and outsider traditions.