From Society to System - The Social Theory of Michel Freitag

From Society to System presents an overview of sociologist Michel Freitag's (1935-2009) distinctive, multifaceted and interdisciplinary work. Elaborated within the grand sociological tradition, his dialectical sociology redefines sociality as the realm of the symbolic to pinpoint its ontological frailty.

List of contents

Presentation: Situating Freitag’s Work In Contemporary Social Theory
Daniel Dagenais
Chapter 1. The Sinking of the University
Chapter 2. For a Critical Theory of Postmodernity
Chapter 3. Overcoming the Opposition between "Holism" and "Individualism" in Sociology
Chapter 4. The Postmodern Dissolution of Transcendental identity: Dialectics of the Relation between Individual Identity and Forms of Social Participation

About the author

Michel Freitag (1935–2009) was born in Switzerland and taught sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He is the author of an original theoretical sum (Dialectique et société, three volumes) and of several books, among which are: Le naufrage de l’université (Governor General Award-Canada in 1996); L’oubli de la société; L’impasse de la globalisation and L’abîme de la liberté. His posthumous work is now being published under the overall title of Les formes de la société. His work and teaching led to the creation of an original school of thought, now referred to as L’École de Montréal.

Summary

From Society to System presents an overview of sociologist Michel Freitag’s (1935-2009) distinctive, multifaceted and interdisciplinary work. Elaborated within the grand sociological tradition, his dialectical sociology redefines sociality as the realm of the symbolic to pinpoint its ontological frailty.

Product details

• Authors: Michel Freitag
• Assisted by: Daniel Dagenais (Translation), Richard Hinton (Translation), Hinton Richard (Translation), Claude Leduc (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781032341309
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3234130-9
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Humanities, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues