Philip Rieff
Encyclopedia
Philip Rieff was an American sociologist and cultural critic, who taught sociology at the University of Pennsylvania
from 1961 until 1992. He was the author of a number of books on Sigmund Freud
and his legacy, including Freud: The Mind of the Moralist (1959) and The Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith After Freud (1966). He was married for eight years in the 1950s to Susan Sontag
, a marriage that produced a son, David Rieff
, a writer.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
from 1961 until 1992. He was the author of a number of books on Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...
and his legacy, including Freud: The Mind of the Moralist (1959) and The Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith After Freud (1966). He was married for eight years in the 1950s to Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag was an American author, literary theorist, feminist and political activist whose works include On Photography and Against Interpretation.-Life:...
, a marriage that produced a son, David Rieff
David Rieff
David Rieff is an American polemicist and pundit. His books have focused on issues of immigration, international conflict, and humanitarianism...
, a writer.
Works
- Freud: The Mind of the Moralist. Viking Press, 1959.
- Collected Papers of Sigmund Freud (ed.). Collier Books, 1963.
- The Triumph of the Therapeutic. Harper & Row, 1966.
- Fellow Teachers. Harper & Row, 1973.
- The Feeling Intellect. University of Chicago Press, 1990.
- My Life Among the Deathworks . University of Virginia Press, 2006.
- Charisma. Pantheon, 2007.
- The Crisis of the Officer Class. University of Virginia Press, 2007.
- The Jew of Culture. University of Virginia Press, 2008.
External links
- Beer, Jeremy. Pieties of Silence, The American ConservativeThe American ConservativeThe American Conservative is a monthly U.S. opinion magazine published by Ron Unz. Its first editor was Scott McConnell, his successors being Kara Hopkins and the present incumbent, Daniel McCarthy....
Further reading
- Imber, Jonathan B. (ed.). Therapeutic Culture: Triumph and Defeat. Transaction, 2004.
- Manning, Philip. Freud and American Sociology. Polity Press, 2005.
- Zondervan, A. A. W. Sociology and the Sacred. An Introduction to Philip Rieff's Theory of Culture. University of Toronto Press, 2005.