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Sacred Order/Social Order: The Jew of Culture: Freud, Moses, and Modernity (v. 3)
Philip Rieff
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Description for Sacred Order/Social Order: The Jew of Culture: Freud, Moses, and Modernity (v. 3)
Hardcover. Tracing the evolution of the "Jew of culture", this title provides an insight into author's theory of society and the self. Editor(s): Piver, Kenneth S.; Eisen, Arnold M.; Lewis-Kraus, Gideon. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
Philip Rieff earned recognition as one of the most profound social theorists of culture and authority of the twentieth century. Through such works as ""Freud: The Mind of the Moralist"" and ""The Triumph of the Therapeutic"", he proved himself an incisive interpreter of Freud and his legacy. His work now culminates with the long-awaited trilogy ""Sacred Order/Social Order"", a three-volume work on social theory and contemporary culture.Arnold Eisen chose the selections for the final volume of the trilogy in consultation with Philip Rieff. All of the selections bear on the nature of the ""Jew of culture."" Rieff explicitly and consistently ... Read more
Philip Rieff earned recognition as one of the most profound social theorists of culture and authority of the twentieth century. Through such works as ""Freud: The Mind of the Moralist"" and ""The Triumph of the Therapeutic"", he proved himself an incisive interpreter of Freud and his legacy. His work now culminates with the long-awaited trilogy ""Sacred Order/Social Order"", a three-volume work on social theory and contemporary culture.Arnold Eisen chose the selections for the final volume of the trilogy in consultation with Philip Rieff. All of the selections bear on the nature of the ""Jew of culture."" Rieff explicitly and consistently ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813927060
SKU
V9780813927060
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About Philip Rieff
Philip Rieff (1922-2006), Benjamin Franklin Professor of Sociology and University Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, was the author of the classic works Freud: The 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, ... Read more
Reviews for Sacred Order/Social Order: The Jew of Culture: Freud, Moses, and Modernity (v. 3)
My Life among the Deathworks is a hauntingly beautiful blend of poetry, ethical inquiry, and lament. - New Republic ""Rieff is one of the most important philosophers in America. He has grasped with both hands the most important problem facing Western civilization and throttles it into submission. Anyone at all concerned with joining him... must read this book."" - Weekly ... Read more