Steven Goldberg is a native of New York City and was president of the sociology

Sociology

Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

 department at City College of New York

City College of New York

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 (CCNY) from 1988 until his retirement. He is most widely known for his theory of patriarchy

Patriarchy

Patriarchy is a social system in which the role of the male as the primary authority figure is central to social organization, and where fathers hold authority over women, children, and property. It implies the institutions of male rule and privilege, and entails female subordination...

, which attempts to explain male domination through biological causes.

Interests and views

In his book, Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences, Goldberg reveals his personal hero

Hero

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 is Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947...

 and devotes a whole chapter to him. Goldberg also devotes a chapter to Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

, whose lyrical ideas stimulate his sociological mind.

Books

• The Inevitability of Patriarchy
  The Inevitability of Patriarchy
  The Inevitability of Patriarchy is a book by Steven Goldberg published by William Morrow and Company in 1973. The theory proposed by Goldberg is that social institutions, that are characterised by male dominance, may be explained by biological differences between men and women , suggesting male...
  
  . New York: William Morrow and Company
  William Morrow and Company
  William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, and sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981. It was sold along to the News Corporation in 1999...
  
  , 1973.
• When Wish Replaces Thought: Why So Much of What You Believe Is False. Buffalo, New York: Promethius Books, 1991.
• Why Men Rule: A Theory of Male Dominance. Chicago, Illinois: Open Court Publishing Company
  Open Court Publishing Company
  The Open Court Publishing Company is a publisher with offices in Chicago and La Salle, Illinois. It is part of the Carus Publishing Company of Peru, Illinois.-History:...
  
  , 1993.
• Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences. Amherst, New York: Humanity Books, 2003.

Further reading

• Helmreich, William. 'Steven Goldberg, Iconoclast
  Iconoclasm
  Iconoclasm is the deliberate destruction of religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives. It is a frequent component of major political or religious changes...
  
  : The Most Controversial Professor in America'. Heterodoxy 2 (September 1994): 2, 12-14.
• Gale Reference Team. 'Biography - Goldberg, Steven (1941-)'. In Contemporary Authors. Thomson Gale, 2006.

External links

• "Steven Goldberg on Patriarchy".