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My Life Among the Deathworks: Illustrations of the Aesthetics of Authority (Sacred Order / Social Order, Vol. 1) (v. 1)
Philip Rieff
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Hardcover. Inaugurates a trilogy that signals the summation of cultural theorist and Freud scholar Philip Rieff's lifework. Rieff takes aim at significant "deathworks" in modern literature, art, and history and seeks to show what is at stake in the "culture wars" raging over euthanasia, education, medical research, sexuality, race, class, and gender. Editor(s): Piver, Kenneth S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
With ""My Life among the Deathworks; Illustrations of the Aesthetics of Authority"", the renowned cultural theorist and Freud scholar Philip Rieff inaugurates a trilogy that signals the summation of his scholarly lifework. With this series, ""Sacred Order/Social Order"", to be published in consecutive volumes, Rieff both continues and supersedes the lines of thought that characterize the earlier, influential works upon which his reputation was forged. Readers familiar with Rieff's distinctive oeuvre will recognize central themes and find final recitations on the cultural impact of Freud and his creation ""psychological man"" or ""the therapeutic,"" which Rieff here renames the ""new man"". ... Read more
With ""My Life among the Deathworks; Illustrations of the Aesthetics of Authority"", the renowned cultural theorist and Freud scholar Philip Rieff inaugurates a trilogy that signals the summation of his scholarly lifework. With this series, ""Sacred Order/Social Order"", to be published in consecutive volumes, Rieff both continues and supersedes the lines of thought that characterize the earlier, influential works upon which his reputation was forged. Readers familiar with Rieff's distinctive oeuvre will recognize central themes and find final recitations on the cultural impact of Freud and his creation ""psychological man"" or ""the therapeutic,"" which Rieff here renames the ""new man"". ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813925165
SKU
V9780813925165
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About Philip Rieff
Philip Rieff, Benjamin Franklin Professor of Sociology and University Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, is author of the classic works Freud; Mind of the Moralist, The Triumph of the Therapeutic, and Fellow Teachers and the editor of The Collected Papers of Sigmund Freud. Kenneth S. Piver is a psychiatrist in private practice in San Diego, California. James Davison ... Read more
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