Rieff (emeritus, sociology, U. of Pennsylvania) here begins his three-volume summation of his sociological theory and cultural analysis. He discusses the present world fight, the theory of culture and origins of the Kulturkampf, deathworks and third world creative destructions, birth year of the third culture and Freud's repression of revelation, and sacred messengers and the new man. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)