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Feeling Intellect: Selected Writings

Name: Feeling Intellect: Selected Writings
Author: Philip Rieff
ISBN: 9780226716428

by Philip Rieff, Jonathan B. Imber

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Overview

Collected here for the first time, the writings in 'The Feeling Intellect' demonstrate the range and precision of Philip Rieff's sociology of culture. His reflections on religion, politics, and education offer a constructive sociological vision of sacred order form which all social order drives.

Synopsis

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 that have reshaped contemporary culture.

Booknews

Previously published essays and reviews (49 in all) by this major social theorist (sociology, U. of Pennsylvania) selected and arranged by editor Jonathan B. Imber in four sections. Part 1 chronicles Reiff's working through of Freud. The second part, on religion and politics, confirms their connection and their importance for understanding the dynamics of culture. Part 3, on intellectuals and education, considers the fate of teaching and learning in a culture distrustful of both. The final part consists of studies in character and culture. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author, Philip Rieff

Philip Rieff is the Benjamin Franklin Professor of Sociology and University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Jonathan B. Imber, Whitehead associate professor and chair of sociology at Wellesley College, is the author of Abortion and the Private Practice of Medicine.