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Mark Ivor Satin (born November 16, 1946) is an American political theorist, author, and newsletter publisher. He is best known for contributing to the development and dissemination of three political perspectives – neopacifism in the 1960s, New Age politics in the 1970s and 1980s, and radical centrism in the 1990s and 2000s. Satin's work is sometimes seen as building toward a new political ideology, and then it is often labeled "transformational",〔Christa Daryl Slaton, "An Overview of the Emerging Political Paradigm: A Web of Transformational Theories", in Stephen Woolpert, Christa Daryl Slaton, and Edward W. Schwerin, eds., ''Transformational Politics: Theory, Study, and Practice'', State University of New York Press, 1998, p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7914-3945-6.〕 "post-liberal",〔Jeff Rosenberg, "Mark's Ism: New Options's Editor Builds a New Body Politic", ''Washington City Paper'', March 17, 1989, pp. 6–8.〕 or "post-Marxist".〔Dana L. Cloud, "Socialism of the Mind: The New Age of Post-Marxism," in Herbert W. Simons and Michael Billig, eds., ''After Postmodernism: Reconstructing Ideology Critique'', Sage Publications, 1994, p. 235. ISBN 978-0-8039-8878-1.〕 One historian calls Satin's writing "post-hip".〔Timothy Miller, ''The Hippies and American Values'', University of Tennessee Press, 1991, p. 139. ISBN 978-0-87049-693-6.〕 After emigrating to Canada at the age of 20 to avoid serving in the Vietnam War, Satin co-founded the Toronto Anti-Draft Programme, which helped bring American war resisters to Canada. He also wrote the ''Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada'' (1968), which sold nearly 100,000 copies.〔 After a period that author Marilyn Ferguson describes as Satin's "anti-ambition experiment",〔Marilyn Ferguson, "Foreword", in Mark Satin, ''New Options for America: The Second American Experiment Has Begun'', The Press at California State University / Southern Illinois University Press, 1991, pp. xi–xiii. ISBN 978-0-8093-1794-3.〕 Satin wrote ''New Age Politics'' (1978), which identifies an emergent "third force" in North America pursuing such goals as simple living, decentralism, and global responsibility. Satin spread his ideas by co-founding an American political organization, the New World Alliance, and by publishing an international political newsletter, ''New Options''. He also co-drafted the foundational statement of the U.S. Green Party, "Ten Key Values". Following a period of political disillusion, spent mainly in law school and practicing business law,〔 Satin launched a new political newsletter and wrote a book, ''Radical Middle'' (2004). Both projects criticized political partisanship and sought to promote mutual learning and innovative policy syntheses across social and cultural divides. In an interview, Satin contrasts the old radical slogan "Dare to struggle, dare to win" with his radical-middle version, "Dare to synthesize, dare to take it all in".〔Carter Phipps, "Politics Gets Inclusive", ''What Is Enlightenment?'', June–August 2005, p. 29.〕 Satin has been described as "colorful"〔John Hagan, ''Northern Passage: American Vietnam War Resisters in Canada'', Harvard University Press, 2001, pp. 74–78. ISBN 978-0-674-00471-9.〕 and "intense",〔The Editors, "New Students, Seasoned Pros", ''The Law School: The Magazine of the New York University School of Law'', spring 1993, p. 9.〕 and all his initiatives have been controversial. Bringing war resisters to Canada was opposed by many in the anti-Vietnam War movement. ''New Age Politics'' was not welcomed by many on the traditional left or right, and ''Radical Middle'' dismayed an even broader segment of the American political community. Even Satin's personal life has generated controversy. == Early years == Many mid-1960s American radicals came from small cities in the Midwest and Southwest,〔Kirkpatrick Sale, ''SDS'', Vintage Books / Random House, 1973, pp. 204–07. ISBN 978-0-394-71965-8.〕 as did Satin: he grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota,〔 and Wichita Falls, Texas.〔 His father, who saw combat in World War II,〔Lynda Hurst, "(A Picture and a Thousand Words )", ''Toronto Star'', August 24, 2008, "Ideas" section, p. 8. Retrieved April 17, 2011.〕 was a college professor and author of a Cold War-era textbook on Western civilization.〔Joseph Satin, ''The Humanities Handbook'', Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. ISBN 978-0-03-071140-4.〕 His mother was a homemaker.〔Mark Satin, ''Confessions of a Young Exile'', Gage Publishing Co. / Macmillan of Canada, 1976, pp. 6–8. ISBN 978-0-7715-9954-5.〕 As a youth, Satin was restless and rebellious,〔〔Satin, ''Confessions'', Chap. 1.〕 and his behavior did not change after leaving for university.〔〔Satin, ''Confessions'', Chap. 2.〕 In early 1965, at age 18, he dropped out of the University of Illinois 〔Satin, ''Confessions'', pp. 49–50.〕 to work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Holly Springs, Mississippi.〔Mark Satin, ''Radical Middle: The Politics We Need Now'', Basic Books, 2004, orig. Westview Press, 2004, pp. 28–30. ISBN 978-0-8133-4190-3.〕 Later that year, he was told to leave Midwestern State University, in Texas, for refusing to sign a loyalty oath to the United States Constitution. In 1966 he became president of a Students for a Democratic Society chapter at the State University of New York at Binghamton, and helped recruit nearly 20% of the student body to join.〔 One term later he dropped out,〔Satin, ''Confessions'', pp. 187–88.〕 then emigrated to Canada to avoid serving in the Vietnam War.〔Anastasia Erland, "Faces of Conscience I: Mark Satin, Draft Dodger", ''Saturday Night'', September 1967, pp. 21–23. Cover story.〕 Just before Satin left for Canada, his father told him he was trying to destroy himself.〔 His mother told the ''Ladies' Home Journal'' she could not condone her son's actions.〔Roger Neville Williams, ''The New Exiles: American War Resisters in Canada'', Liveright Publishers, 1971, pp. 62–65. ISBN 978-0-87140-533-3.〕 Satin says he arrived in Canada feeling bewildered and unsupported.〔Satin, ''Confessions'', pp. 1 and 203–07.〕 According to press accounts, many Vietnam War resisters arrived feeling much the same way.〔〔Williams, ''New Exiles'', pp. 45–48.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Satin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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