I. Sociology and its fate: Circus at Varna (1971) -- Sociology : discontent present and perennial (1971) -- An end to sociology? (1975) -- The Annales school and social theory (1978) -- II. Marxism and after: Beyond Marx in the sociology of religion? (1973) -- Critical theory and psychohistory (1974) -- Are we entering a post-Marxist age? : Marx after Marxism (1984) -- III. Thought in its setting: Students, professors and philosopher kings (1973) -- What really happened at the Sorbonne (1983)
Summary
Norman Birnbaum is one of the most influential social critics in contemporary America. These essays, selected from his writings of the past twenty years, show the recent evolution and transformation of Marxist thought into the current 'post-Marxist' age
