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Book SynopsisIncluding 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's maintenance of its ties to religion.
Trade Review'Zondervan's Sociology of the Sacred is a valuable companion to Reiff's works. He provides a comprehensive interpretation ... and he skillfully draws connections among theories about modernity across disciplines.' -- Pamela Leong Sociology of Religion '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.' -- Alan Sica Canadian Journal of Sociology Online
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 A Bird's-Eye View on Rieff's Life and Work 2 Rieff's Reading of Freudian Metapsychology 3 The Emergence of Psychological Man in Western Culture 4 Blueprint for a Theory of Culture 5 The Limits of Modernity 6 Late Modernity as Second Culture Camp 7 Rieff: Prophet of a Post-secular Culture Notes References Index
