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Sacred Order/Social Order Vol II: Volume II: The Crisis of the Officer Class: The Decline of the Tragic Sensibility (Sacred Order/Social Order)

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Author: Philip Rieff
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Category: Book

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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.9

ISBN: 0813926769
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.01
EAN: 9780813926766
ASIN: 0813926769

Publication Date: December 21, 2007
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Philip Rieff earned recognition as one of the most profound social theorists of culture and authority of the twentieth century. Through such works as Freud: The Mind of the Moralist and The Triumph of the Therapeutic, he proved himself an incisive interpreter of Freud and his legacy. His work now culminates with the long-awaited trilogy, Sacred Order/Social Order, a three-volume work on social theory and contemporary culture.

In Volume 2, The Crisis of the Officer Class: The Death of the Tragic Sensibility, Phillip Rieff continues his assault against the deathworks of our modern age. Invoking his theory developed in Volume 1, he develops his critique of our current culture as distinguishable only by its rejection of any and all visions of sacred order.

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Great Take on Hamlet June 11, 2008
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I am an enthusiastic reader of Philip Rieff's work and recommend his "Sacred Order" volumes to anyone who is a Constant Reader. Rieff's point of view is unusual, sophisticated, and, wow, even nuanced! It is also contrary to the prevailing PostModern, God Is Still Dead perspective of the New York Times, Academe, and hipsters everywhere. And, as of yet, the political conservatives of today have not taken to Rieff which means that people who like to think can enjoy his writings without having shout, vote, or argue.

Volume 2, Crisis of the Officer Class, does not hit me as strongly as his earlier Volume 1, Deathworks book. It seems to rant and wander a bit more or perhaps I've simply become too familiar with Mr. Rieff's thinking and I anticipate. That said, Mr. Rieff's criticism of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is the most interesting literary criticism of that play I've ever read (Mr. Johnson, Hazlitt, Auden, Bloom, others) and is worth the price of purchase, reading, and reflecting.

Along with "Deathworks" you might also enjoy Rieff's "Charisma." Mr. Rieff has very interesting ideas.