{"product_id":"sociology-and-the-sacred-an-introduction-to-philip-rieffs-theory-of-culture-paperback-softback-9781487520663","title":"Sociology and the Sacred; An Introduction to Philip Rieff's Theory of Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487520663","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSociology and the Sacred\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction to Philip Rieff's Theory of Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAntonius A.W. Zondervan Zondervan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487520663\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 April 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.3 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;Zondervan\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eSociology of the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable companion to Reiff\u0026amp;#x2019;s works. He provides a comprehensive interpretation … and he skillfully draws connections among theories about modernity across disciplines.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Pamela Leong (Sociology of Religion) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;Zondervan's summary and analysis of Rieff's career is ably carried out, and he concludes with several sharp observations regarding the continuing utility of Rieff's ideas about culture.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Alan Sica (Canadian Journal of Sociology Online)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed American sociologist and cultural philosopher Philip Rieff gained great academic prestige with his thesis on the emergence of \u0026amp;#x2018;Psychological Man\u0026amp;#x2019; in western culture and with his classic book, \u003ci\u003eFreud: The Mind of the Moralist\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1959. In this work and the later \u003ci\u003eThe Triumph of the Therapeutic\u003c\/i\u003e (1966) he not only offered a highly original interpretation of the work of Sigmund Freud, but critically evaluated the enormous influence of psychotherapeutic thinking on Western culture. However, Rieff\u0026amp;#x2019;s later work on the theory of culture did not garner the same attention, and his most recent writings have received very little critical engagement. In \u003cem\u003eSociology and the Sacred, \u003c\/em\u003eAntonius A.W. Zondervan sets out to remedy this neglect, arguing that Rieff\u0026amp;#x2019;s work is ripe for intellectual reconsideration. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZondervan begins by presenting an outline of Rieff\u0026amp;#x2019;s entire body of work, focusing on his theory of culture, and explaining how the sacred is a key notion, pivotal to the overall understanding of Rieff\u0026amp;#x2019;s work. The author argues that the present upsurge in religion, in many varieties throughout the world, cannot be explained by the classical secularization thesis, making Rieff's theory of sacred order in culture an essential contribution to a new social theory of religion. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluding material from personal interviews with Rieff that enabled Zondervan to clarify important aspects of his work, Sociology and the Sacred is an essential contribution to the understanding of contemporary culture\u0026amp;#x2019;s maintenance of its ties to religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1 A Bird\u0026amp;#x2019;s-Eye View on Rieff\u0026amp;#x2019;s Life and Work\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2 Rieff\u0026amp;#x2019;s Reading of Freudian Metapsychology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3 The Emergence of Psychological Man in Western Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4 Blueprint for a Theory of Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5 The Limits of Modernity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6 Late Modernity as Second Culture Camp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7 Rieff: Prophet of a Post-secular Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530840109336,"sku":"9781487520663","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sociology-and-the-sacred-an-introduction-to-philip-rieffs-theory-of-culture-paperback-softback-9781487520663","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}