In Memory of the Father: Laurence S. Moss |
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| Authors: | Joshua Louis Moss |
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| Affiliation: | Joshua Louis Moss was born to Laurence S. Moss and Barbara Moss in Charlottesville, Virginia on July 2, 1973. Moss earned his Bachelor's of Fine Arts from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 1995, where he majored in film and television. Moss has also earned a Masters of Arts in Critical Studies in 2007 from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. Professionally, Moss has worked as a writer, producer, and executive producer on commercials, television, and feature films for numerous studios and broadcast networks. Moss is currently working on his doctorate in critical studies at USC. Laurence S. Moss, a former editor of the AJES, passed away in February 2009. |
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| Abstract: | A personal reflection on the life and philosophy of the late Laurence S. Moss (former editor of the AJES) by his son, Joshua Louis Moss. Mixing personal anecdote with a general academic analysis, Moss informally examines his father's intellectual beginnings in the 1960s drawn from the lectures of Ludwig Von Mises, and traces this through his father's development of innovative teaching techniques like the incorporation of stage magic. Moss examines his father's intellectual contrarianism and canonical skepticism as key developmental foundations used to build his father's academic and pedagogical approach. Moss examines his father's interest in expanding economics through a cross‐disciplinary approach utilizing philosophy, history, sociology, and performance studies through his father's innovative examination of points of contact between the principles of stage magic and the principles of economic theory. |
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