Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Biographical Profiles: Testimonies from the Heart
Chapter 2 Places and Continents
Chapter 3 How I came to Sociology and Who I Am: A Conversation with Kurt H. Wolff
Chapter 4 The Intellectuals' Context: Wolff's Diagnosis and Response
Chapter 5 Substantive Reason Versus Instrumental Reason: Wolff's Rejection of Modern Scientia
Chapter 6 Karl Mannheim in America: The Loyalty of Kurt H. Wolff
Chapter 7 Existential Truths as Prerequisites for a Globalizing Discourse Theory
Chapter 8 Scope and Limits of Kurt H. Wolff's World of Surrender
Chapter 9 It's the Body that Matters
Chapter 10 Surrender-and-Catch and Modern Political Power
Chapter 11 Presuppositional Surrender-To: Theoretical Explication and a Case Study
Chapter 12 Life After Kurt H. Wolff: A Case Study of Surrendering-to-Surrender

About the Author

Gary Backhaus is professor of philosophy at Towson University. George Psathas is emeritus professor of sociology at Boston University.