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The Sociology of Radical Commitment - Kurt H. Wolff's Existential Turn (Paperback)
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The Sociology of Radical Commitment - Kurt H. Wolff's Existential Turn (Paperback)
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This edited volume presents the life and thought of Kurt H. Wolff,
a Jewish refugee from Darmstadt, a student of Karl Mannheim,
practitioner of the sociology of knowledge, translator of the
classic works of Simmel, Durkheim, and Mannheim, and creator of the
radical existential sociology of surrender-and-catch, through
multiple modalities. Two interviews provide an autobiographical
portrait. Testimonies by close family members, friends, and
colleagues allow the reader a more intimate insight into his
subjectivity. Excerpts from a travelogue journal kept by his
spouse, Carla E. Wolff provide an understanding of how the Wolff's
interpreted their situation and times. Several chapters devoted to
explicating Wolff's place in the sociological tradition, especially
in light of his work in the sociology of knowledge. Several
chapters exhibit creative work in the further development of his
thought, especially concerning his surrender-and-catch. The thrust
of the book is to explicate Wolff's relation to the tradition and
to the orientation to which he belongs while at the same time to
exhibit how he develops a sociology of radical commitment. This
commitment can demand great existential risk in the quest to
uncover the universal in the unique-the creation of new meaning
(the catch) though the surrender. Wolff's hope is to find
possibilities for humankind that lead us out of the crises, to
which traditional scientia has been disappointingly ineffective.
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