Fire backstage : Philip Rieff and the monastery of culture / Cain Elliot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliott, Cain, 1983-

Series:

Studies in social sciences, philosophy and history of ideas ; Volume 3.

Studies in social sciences, philosophy and history of ideas, 2196-0151 ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rieff, Philip, 1922-2006.

Rieff, Philip.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Culture--Philosophy.

Culture.

Physical Description:

155 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

1 [edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang Edition, 2013.

Summary:

At present, the name and writings of Philip Rieff (1922-2006) hang under a sign of neglect. This book is an attempt to identify precisely what has been lost through this lack of critical attention, arguing that Rieff's lifework marks a singular contribution to the fields of reactionary apocalyptics and social and cultural studies. Providing a working definition for the horizon of contemporary Jewish philosophy, this book also suggests how Rieff uniquely contributes to this field of speculative inquiry with an insufficiently appreciated, but essential, theory of psycho-theology. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Logic of Sacrifice 33

1.1 The Reactionary Lexicon 33

1.2 Culture as Piety 38

1.3 The Doctrine of Last Things. The Kingdom of God 42

Chapter 2 Everything Profaned 51

2.1 Dark Nights 51

2.2 World Order. Capitalism 53

2.3 Profanation. Without Remainder 54

2.4 The Symbolic of Limits 55

2.5 General Remarks on Tradition and Memory 59

Chapter 3 Images of Man 67

3.1 How to Be Forgotten, Without Really Trying 67

3.2 Sons of Safed, Almost 71

3.3 The Jewish Negative. Freud 77

3.4 Exile into Achievement, And Back 82

3.5 The Jewish Negative. Kafka 85

3.5.2 A Remarkable Piece of Apparatus 90

Chapter 4 Fear to Anger 99

4.1 Authority 99

4.2 Taking Leave of Genius 100

4.3 Genius Abandoned 104

4.4 Creedal Vanguards. Sacred Messengers 106

4.5 Denials. Obsessions 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155).

ISBN:

9783631644102

3631644108

OCLC:

858610628

Publisher Number:

99956083883