The social thought of Zygmunt Bauman / Keith Tester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tester, Keith, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bauman, Zygmunt, 1925-2017.

Bauman, Zygmunt.

Sociology.

Socialism.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

viii, 202 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most important contemporary social thinkers, influencing thought about the Holocaust, postmodernity, globalization, and more. This is the first book to discuss all of Bauman's work, from the first essays in post-Stalinist Poland, through his participation in 1960s Marxist revisionism, and up to the work for which he is well known in the West. Bauman's work is put into its social and historical context, revealing why Bauman matters.

Contents:

1 Critical Thinking and Human Possibility 12

2 The Emergence of an Imagination 34

3 Socialism: Utopian and Cultural 58

4 Communism and Modernity 82

5 The Holocaust 107

6 Postmodernity: Ethical Incentive, Indifferent World 131

7 Sociology and the Challenge of Globalisation 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-192) and index.

ISBN:

1403912718

OCLC:

54001609