Structural Lie

Charles Lemert is Andrus Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University, Connecticut. He is the author of Durkeim's Ghosts (2006).

“I love the brilliance of Lemert’s writing and the force of his critique.” —Dorothy E. Smith, University of Victoria, Canada "Charles Lemert's comprehensive critique of the 'social unconscious', of Marx and Freud reappraised, in 'The Structural Lie' crowns a career devoted to innovation of the highest order in social theory. This is a brave, brilliant book". - Professor Anthony Elliott, Chair of Sociology, Flinders University, Australia and Visiting Research Professor, Open University, UK

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Lies and Life; Chapter 2 Baudrillard’s Death; Chapter 3 Paul Piccone (1940–2004); Chapter 4 Goffman’s Enigma; Chapter 5 Harold Garfinkel; Chapter 6 Structural Aggravations; Chapter 7 Betty Friedan and Simone de Beauvoir; Chapter 8 Said and “Edward”; Chapter 9 Niebuhr, Derrida, and Death; Chapter 10 Why Go to Prison?;