Zygmunt Bauman: Dialectic of Modernity / Edition 1

by Peter Beilharz

Overview

This measured and thoughtful book provides a comprehensive critical commentary on Bauman's social theory. It explores the roots of his ideas in questions of capital and labour, and explains how these ideas flourished in Bauman's later writings on culture, intellectuals, utopia, the holocaust, modernity and postmodernism.

Bauman's work has been wide-ranging and ambitious. This book fulfils the objective of providing an authoritative critical guide to this essential thinker.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761967354
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/28/2000
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Peter Beilharz is Professor of Sociology at the School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.

Table of Contents

Class and Labour
Culture and Sociology
Intellectuals and Utopians
The Holocaust and the Perfect Order
Touring the Fragments
Following the Human Condition
Epilogue
Mediations

Editorial Reviews

This four-volume set collects 97 contributions discussing the ideas of postmodern sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, whose interests span many fields and whose critical interpretation heretofore has been scattered across a wide array of disciplines. Arrangement is in sections on background and biography<-->including interviews, appreciations, and contributions by Bauman's significant other, Janina; Socialism and intellectuals; the Holocaust; the Postmodern; ethics; death and religion; sociology and Marxism; and extensions and applications of Bauman's work in many countries. Editor Beilharz (sociology, politics, and anthropology, La Trobe U.) is also one of the contributors. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

‘Written in an accessible manner and organized in a way that should prove helpful to readers not familiar with Bauman, this book provides a straightforward way in to the rich range of concerns to be found in Bauman's work' - Barry Smart, Professor of Sociology, University of Portsmouth

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