The Feeling Intellect: Selected Writings - Paperback

by Philip Rieff (Author)

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.

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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.

Author Biography

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.