This man's most famous work analyzed the "changing American character" as it transitioned from inner-directed to outer-directed.
Together with Christopher Jencks, this thinker co-authored a sociological history of the American education system titled The Academic Revolution. This thinker had planned on punning on that title in a later work that was to be titled The Academic Counterrevolution; instead, that work, which criticized the consumerist attitude of university students, was titled On Higher Education. This thinker collected essays like his satirical vision of bombing the USSR with consumer goods, titled "The Nylon War," and his criticism of deterrence, titled "The American Crisis," in a collection whose titled asked Abundance for What? Lionel Trilling praised another collection of this man's essays for being better than any American novel in "giv[ing] me the sense of the actuality of our society;" that collection, which contained an essay titled "Philosophy for Minority Living," and coined the term "nerve of failure" to refer to Jews' ability to be themselves despite general societal disapproval, was Individualism Reconsidered. This man's most famous work analyzed the "changing American character" as it transitioned from inner-directed to outer-directed. For 10 points, identify this American sociologist who together with Reul Denny and Nathan Glazer
Together with Christopher Jencks, this thinker co-authored a sociological history of the American education system titled The Academic Revolution.
David Riesman