What is phenomenological sociology? Why is it significant? This book argues that phenomenology was the most significant, wide-ranging and influential philosophy to emerge in the twentieth century.
What is phenomenological sociology? Why is it significant? This book argues that phenomenology was the most significant, wide-ranging and influential philosophy to emerge in the twentieth century.
In The Lure of Dreams Harvie Ferguson shows how Freud's writings and, in particular, The Interpretation of Dreams contribute in their content and form to our understanding of the character of modernity.
We live, we are told, in bourgeois societies. But what is the bourgeois worldview? In this book, the author argues that science - the attempt to describe the order of things 'objectively' and 'dispassionately' - is the highest expression of bourgeois thought.
We live, we are told, in bourgeois societies. But what is the bourgeois worldview? In this book, the author argues that science - the attempt to describe the order of things 'objectively' and 'dispassionately' - is the highest expression of bourgeois thought.
The connections between the emergence of modern society and the experience of melancholy are explored through a comprehensive re-examination of Soren Kierkegaard's rich and insightful writings.
The connections between the emergence of modern society and the experience of melancholy are explored through a comprehensive re-examination of Soren Kierkegaard's rich and insightful writings.