Dialectics in social thought : the present crisis / Geoffrey R. Skoll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skoll, Geoffrey R., 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

xiii, 208 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

"Dialectics in Social Thought examines the work of thinkers who used dialectics in their attempts to understand the world. Among them are foundational thinkers such as Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche; seminal social critics of the last century such as Camus and Sartre; and current contributors like Badiou, Rancière, and Žižek."--back cover.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: dialectics and social thought

Marx and the dialectic of capital

Freud and the dialectic of psychology

Peirce, Mead, Goffman, and interactional social science

Culture and society

Critical theories

Rebellion

The phenomenologists

Contemporary social thought: Agamben to Žižek

Dialectics of contemporary society and the present crisis

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137388896

1137388897

OCLC:

867000883