Sacred Order/social Order V. 3; Jew of Culture: Freud, Moses, and Modernity by Philip Rieff
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 identified with this ideal-type, named for the first time in Fellow Teachers, and crucial in one form or another to everything he wrote. For the rest of Rieff's long career, ""Jew of culture"" would serve as foil, countertype, corrective, and adversary to the ""therapeutics"" who represented both Rieff's analysands and his antagonists. The purpose of this collection of Rieff's writings, undertaken at his suggestion, is to trace the evolution of the ""Jew of culture"" over the course of his work. In doing so we gain particular insight into his distinctive theory of society and the self; we also come to better understand the theorist.
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 Standard
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, California. Arnold M. Eisen is Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and is a leading scholar of contemporary Judaism. Gideon Lewis-Kraus is a critic and journalist who has written for Slate, Bookforum, and the New York Times Book Review.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813927060 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813927064 |
| Title | Sacred Order/social Order V. 3; Jew of Culture: Freud, Moses, and Modernity |
| Author | Philip Rieff |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
| Year published | 2008-05-02 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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