Philosophy of Philip Rieff

Arguing that Philip Rieff was a Freudian who departed in vital and fascinating ways from Freud, and a committed modern who nevertheless viewed modernity as a disaster, this book makes clear his thought transcends contemporary left-right culture war dichotomies.

Alasdair MacIntyre described Rieff''s early work as ''a permanently valuable contribution to the human sciences.'' The essays in this volum...