American sociologist Rieff (1922-2006) named the Jew of culture as an ideal type about half-way through his writing career, but Eisen (Jewish Theological Seminary of America) says it appears from the
From the profoundly influential social theorist Philip Rieff comes a posthumously published analysis of the deepest level of crisis in our culture.According to Rieff, the contemporary notion of charis
Rieff (emeritus, sociology, U. of Pennsylvania) here begins his three-volume summation of his sociological theory and cultural analysis. He discusses the present world fight, the theory of culture and
Now a classic, this book was hailed upon its original publication in 1959 as "An event to be acclaimed . . . a book of genuine brilliance on Freud's cultural importance .. . a permanently valua
American sociologist Rieff (1922-2006) managed to complete his culminating trilogy Sacred Order/Social Order before he died, but this second volume is only now being published. He advances his thesis
In fifteen essays, sigmund freud explains his most controversial theories exposing the darkest corners of the human psyche.Best known for his research into the unconscious mind, Sigmund Freud challen
Collected here for the first time, these writings demonstrate the range and precision of Philip Rieff's sociology of culture. Rieff addresses the rise of psychoanalytic and other spiritual disciplines
Rieff's groundbreaking work, first published by Harper and Row in 1966, caught the scent of the cultural changes that came ripe in the next 40 years. In a series of essays that fully represent his con
