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"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...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 208 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137388896 (hardcover : alk. paper) : 1137388897 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | H61 |
| CLC: | C91-03 |
| Call Number: | C91-03/S628 |
| 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. |