Golem in German social theory
By: Gad Yair and Michaela Soyer
Contributors: Soyer, Michaela, 1980-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9780739120118
Subjects: Sociology -- Germany -- History; Sociology -- Methodology -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-159) and index
Table of contents: title: The Golem : Jewish origins and German renditions; title: The ghosts and Golems of Karl Marx; title: The dialectical fate : the Golem and Max Weber; title: The Frankfurt school : the Golems of the Enlightenment; title: System and lifeworld : Jürgen Habermas and communicative action; title: The risky Golems of reflexive modernity : Ulrich Beck; title: Conclusions: The cultural roots of social theory