Philip Rieff
Philip Rieff · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Sociologist of culture; author of 'The Triumph of the Therapeutic'
1922, Chicago, Illinois, United States — 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
United States
Philip Rieff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Sociologist of culture; author of 'The Triumph of the Therapeutic'
Philip Rieff was an American sociologist and cultural critic best known for 'Freud: The Mind of the Moralist' (1959) and 'The Triumph of the Therapeutic' (1966), which analyzed the rise of a psychological, therapeutic culture in the modern West. He taught for decades at the University of Pennsylvania. He was born into a Jewish family in Chicago.
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Sociologist of culture; author of 'The Triumph of the Therapeutic'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology
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