by PhilipRieff (Author), KennethS.Piver (Editor)
Inaugurates a trilogy that signals the summation of cultural theorist and Freud scholar Philip Rieff's lifework. Rieff takes aim at significant ""deathworks"" in modern literature, art, and history and seeks to show what is at stake in the ""culture wars"" raging over euthanasia, education, medical research, sexuality, race, class, and gender.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 31 Jan 2006
ISBN 10: 0813925169
ISBN 13: 9780813925165