The Problem of Authority in America. by Diggins, John P. and Mark E. Kann (editors) - 1981

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.: Temple University Press.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0877222207 . 255 pp. Contents: Part One - Politics and Authority - "Three Faces of Authority in American History" by John Diggins; "Idea of the State in America" by Sheldon Wolin; "Consent and Authority in America" by Mark Kann. Part Two - Literature and Authority - "Community or Contract? William Faulkner and the Dual Legacy" by John Schaar; "Language as History: Ezra Pound's Search for the Authority in History" by Alfred Kazin; "Poetic Tradition and Authority: A Dialogue on Eliot's 'Sweeney Erect' " by William Arrowsmith. Part Three - Psychology and Authority - "Politics of Narcissism" by Russell Jacoby; "The Oedipal Riddle: Authority, Autonomy, and the New Narcissism" by Jessica Benjamin; "By What Authority? Post-Freudian Reflections on the Repression of the Repressive as Modern Culture" by Philip Rieff. Footnotes. Cloth-covered boards have minor wear; text pages clean, binding sturdy. Dust jacket has some light edgewear. .