Searching for the light : essays on thought and culture / Norman Birnbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birnbaum, Norman, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--United States.

Sociology.

Marxian school of sociology.

Education, Higher--Political aspects.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These essays, selected from the writings of the author over a 20 year period, outline the recent evolution and transformation of Marxist thought into the current ""post-Marxist"" age.

Contents:

Contents; I: SOCIOLOGY AND ITS FATE; 1. Circus at Varna (1971); 2. Sociology: Discontent Present and Perennial (1971); 3. An End to Sociology? (1975); 4. The Annales School and Social Theory (1978); II: MARXISM AND AFTER; 5. Beyond Marx in the Sociology of Religion? (1973); 6. Critical Theory and Psychohistory (1974); 7. Are We Entering a Post-Marxist Age? Marx After Marxism (1984); III: THOUGHT IN ITS SETTING; 8. Students, Professors and Philosopher Kings (1973); 9. What Really Happened at the Sorbonne (1983); Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774336-6

1-280-52570-3

0-19-536164-4

1-4294-1090-6

OCLC:

476011966