Anxiety, modern society, and the critical method : toward a theory and practice of critical socioanalysis / by Joel Michael Crombez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crombez, Joel Michael, author.

Series:

Studies in critical social sciences ; 182.

New scholarship in political economy ; 4.

Studies in critical social sciences ; 182

New scholarship in political economy ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical theory--Social aspects.

Critical theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"Anxiety, Modern Society, and the Critical Method interrogates the historical intersections of political economy, technology, and anxiety. By analyzing and building upon the tools developed by critical theorists to diagnose the symptoms of modern life-such as alienation, anomie, the Protestant ethic, and repression-Joel Michael Crombez convincingly argues for a revitalization of critical social science to better confront the anxiety of life in modern societies. With anxiety typically falling under the purview of psychology and its biomedical approach to treatment, here anxiety is demonstrated to have origins in the totalizing logics of modern society. As such, Crombez provides an interdisciplinary roadmap to diagnose and treat anxiety-which he calls critical socioanalysis-that accounts for the psychosocial complexity of its production"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-44558-7

OCLC:

1228180370