Religious man was born to be saved, psychological man is born to be pleased.
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| Birth: | 15th December, 1922 |
| Death: | 1st July, 2006 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Author, Critic, Sociologist |
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Philip Rieff was an American sociologist and cultural critic, who taught sociology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1961 until 1992. He was the author of a number of books on Sigmund Freud and his legacy. He was married for eight years in the 1950s to Susan Sontag, during which their son, David Rieff a writer and editor of his mother's personal journals was born.
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