Diagnosing Social Pathology: Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Durkheim

by Frederick Neuhouser

Can a human society suffer from illness like a living thing? And if so, how does such a malaise manifest itself? In this thought-provoking book, Fred Neuhouser explains and defends the idea of social pathology, demonstrating what it means to describe societies as 'ill', or 'sick', and why we are so often drawn to conceiving of social problems as ailments or maladies. He shows how Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Durkheim - four key philosophers who are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009235036
• ISBN13: 9781009235037
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.1"