Melvin Kohn
The Johns Hopkins sociologist who found that what parents want from their children follows their own jobs.
Books
Class and Conformity1969The national survey behind the finding that men who took orders prized obedience in their children.
Work and Personality1983Written with Carmi Schooler, on how the complexity of a job slowly reshapes the person doing it.
Mentioned in
In praise of asking, part one
Answers got cheap, so where does a good question come from? The story starts with a parrot asking “What’s that?” in front of a mirror, and goes on to silent classrooms and an AI that never needs anything.