Making the familiar unfamiliar : a conversation with Peter Haffner / Zygmunt Bauman ; translated by Daniel Steuer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bauman, Zygmunt, 1925-2017, interviewee.

Contributor:

Haffner, Peter, 1953- interviewer.

Standardized Title:

Vertraute unvertraut machen. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Bauman, Zygmunt, 1925-2017--Interviews.

Bauman, Zygmunt.

Bauman, Zygmunt, 1925-2017.

Sociologists--Poland--Interviews.

Sociologists.

Civilization, Modern--20th century.

Civilization, Modern.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Poland.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xi, 136 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2020.

Summary:

"The last interview of one of the greatest social thinkers of our time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Love and Gender

Choosing a partner: why we are losing the capacity to love

Experience and Remembrance

Fate: how we make the history that makes us

Jewishness and Ambivalence

Adaptation: why were Jews attracted to communism?

Intellect and Commitment

Sociology: why it should not separate objective from personal experience

Power and Identity

Modernity: on the compulsion to be no one, or become someone else

Society and Responsibility

Solidarity: why everyone becomes everyone else's enemy

Religion and Fundamentalism

The end of the world: why it is important to believe in (a non-existent) God

Utopia and History

Time travel: where is `the beyond' today?

Present and Future

Human waste: who are the witches of modem society?

Happiness and Morality

The good life: what does it mean to take off shoes that are too tight?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Bauman, Zygmunt, 1925-2017. Making the familiar unfamiliar

ISBN:

9781509542307

1509542302

9781509542314

1509542310

OCLC:

1146268957