The sociology of Zygmunt Bauman: challenges and critique

"Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most inspirational and controversial thinkers on the scene of contemporary sociology. For several decades he has provided compelling analyses and diagnoses of a vast variety of aspects of modern and liquid modern living. The Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman introduces a...

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Weitere Verfasser: Jacobsen, Michael Hviid 1971- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot [u.a.] Ashgate 2008
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Zusammenfassung:"Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most inspirational and controversial thinkers on the scene of contemporary sociology. For several decades he has provided compelling analyses and diagnoses of a vast variety of aspects of modern and liquid modern living. The Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman introduces and critically appraises some of the most significant as well as the lesser known and overlooked of Bauman's contributions to contemporary sociology: ethics, freedom, utopia, genocide, metaphors, ambivalence, politics, strangers, globalization, power and consumerism. In this collection, an international team of scholars delineates and discusses how Bauman's treatment of these themes challenges conventional wisdom in sociology, thereby revising and revitalizing sociology theory."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:IX, 245 S. 24 cm
ISBN:9780754670605
0754670600