ENGLISH

Intimations of Postmodernity

By Zygmunt Bauman

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1992
ISBN
9780415067492, 0415067499, 0415067502, 0203414934, 9780203414934
LCC
HM73 .B29 1991
Google Books ID
v5kPAQAAMAAJ
Open Library ID
OL2027114M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
963 kB (985638 bytes)
Pages
261\261
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47
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Description

One subject which captured the imagination of sociologists, philosophers, political scientists and writers on culture in the 1980s was postmodernism. Society was said to have moved into a new phase which left many of our old assumptions forlorn and impotent. Zygmunt Bauman was a leading contributor to the debate. In this book he sets out his essential ideas on the sociological and philosophical antecedents of postmodernity. He shows us how to use the concept without falling into the snares of introspective nihilism or mindless euphoria. Where other writers have bogged themselves down in abstract discussion, Bauman shows us how to use the concept concretely. His discussion of postmodernity and the collapse of communism is a model in this regard. This book should be of interest to students of sociology, politics, cultural studies, and philosophy.

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