The Anthem Companion to Philip Rieff ( 1 )

Publication series :1

Author: Imber   Jonathan B.  

Publisher: Anthem Press‎

Publication year: 2018

E-ISBN: 9781783081516

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781783081523

Subject: C91 Sociology

Keyword: 社会学

Language: ENG

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Philip Rieff (1922–2006) was a preeminent American social and cultural theorist. The original essays in The Anthem Companion to Philip Rieff offer an important new assessment of the major works of Philip Rieff by leading writers in the fields of social and cultural theory. These essays are the first to assess Rieff’s influence and significance as a master theorist and teacher, drawing on the contributors’ long interest in the broad scope of his work, from Freud: The Mind of the Moralist to The Triumph The Mind of the Moralist to The Triumph of the Therapeutic to his posthumous work, Sacred Order/Social Order.

Anthem Companions to Sociology offer authoritative and comprehensive assessments of major figures in the development of sociology from the last two centuries. Covering the major advancements in sociological thought, these companions offer critical evaluations of key figures in the American and European sociological tradition, and will provide students and scholars with an in-depth assessment of the makers of sociology and chart their relevance to modern society.

Chapter

Chapter 1 Philip Rieff: Some Reflections

Rieff the Interpreter of Texts

Rieff the Sociologist

Rieff the Jewish Prophet

Rieff the Preacher of Sacred Order

Notes

Chapter 2 Philip Rieff and the Impossible Culture

The Rieffian Sociological Project

Political faiths: Freud

Political faiths: Orwell

Political faiths: Weber and Lukacs

Religion and the impossible culture

Conclusion

References

Chapter 3 Philip Rieff as Cultural Critic

Rieff as a Fellow Teacher

Rieff as Social Theorist

Rieff as Cultural Critic

Notes

Chapter 4 Philip Rieff as Teacher

Notes

Chapter 5 Prophet V. Stoic: Philip Rieff’s Case Against Freud

Freud and the Fantasy of Rebarbarization

Rieff’s Anti-“Inoculation” Campaign against Freud

Notes

References

Chapter 6 Decline and Fall in the Work of Philip Rieff: “I Love the Old Questions” Beckett, Endgame

After Fellow Teachers

The Uses of Rieff after Freud

Sites of Authority

History/Possibility

Notes

Chapter 7 Philip Rieff as Social/Cultural Theorist

Recognition

Interdicts, Faith and Discipline

Ordinariness

Inwardness

Notes

Chapter 8 Fellow Sons

Notes

Chapter 9 Philip Rieff and Social Theory

Introduction

Theory, Culture and Society

Rieff as a Classic?

Two Types of Theory

Methods

Conclusions: Rieff Today

References

Chapter 10 A Kindly Apocalypse: Philip Rieff and the Endgame of the Therapeutic

Bourgeois Revolutionaries

The Politicization of Everyday Life

The Therapeutic

A Revolution of Ambivalence

Liberalism and Democracy, Unleashed

Notes

Works Cited

Chapter 11 Disenchantment, Authenticity and Ordinary Charisma

The No and Yes of Intellectual Dissent

Disenchantment: First Reading

Disenchantment: Second Reading

The Ideal of Authenticity

Ordinary Charisma

Notes

End Matter

Writings of Philip Rieff

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List of Contributors

Index

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