212. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Rieff, Philip.
Fellow Teachers. [Signed and inscribed by Philip Rieff to Sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff: “To Kurt, fellow teacher, with admiration – Philip”].
New York, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1973. Octavo. 243 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed by Philip Rieff to Kurt Wolff, a fellow member of the Brandeis Faculty. Rieff’s ideas and writing reached the peak of popularity in the 1960s, when he was known as cultural philosopher and an interpreter of the works of Sigmund Freud. He contributed to the idea of cultural modernization and secularization via his theory about a “Psychological Man.” With some markings in pencil by Kurt Wolff in the text and on the rear endpaper. Very good condition.