Culture and Art: Selected Writings, Volume 1

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The sociological imagination and the artistic imagination have been historically intertwined, at once reciprocal and conflicting, complementary and tensional. This connection is nowhere more apparent than in the work of Zygmunt Bauman. His conception and practice of sociology were always infused with a literary and artistic sensibility. He wrote extensively on the relationship between sociology and the arts, and especially on sociology and literature; he frequently drew on literary writers in his exploration and elucidation of sociological problems; and he was an avid and passionate consumer and practitioner of art, especially film and photography. This volume brings together hitherto unknown or rare pieces by Bauman on the themes of culture and art, including previously unpublished material from the Bauman Archive at the University of Leeds. A substantial introduction by the editors provides readers with a lucid guide through this material and develops connections to Bauman’s other works. The first volume in a series of books that will make available the lesser-known writings of one of the most influential social thinkers of our time, Culture and Art will be of interest to students and scholars across the arts, humanities and social sciences, and to a wider readership. Cover Title page Copyright page Contents Series Introduction Mark Davis, Dariusz Brzeziński, Jack Palmer, Tom Campbell Translator’s Note Katarzyna Bartoszyńska Editors’ Introduction: Culture and Art in the Sociological Imagination of Zygmunt Bauman Dariusz Brzeziński, Mark Davis, Jack Palmer, Tom Campbell THEORIZING CULTURE ARTISTIC IMAGINATION SUMMARY notes bibliography 1 Culture and Society: Semantic and Genetic Connections (1966) Translated by Katarzyna Bartoszyńska ‘Culture’ or ‘Cultures’ Culture - Collection or System Genetic and Existential Relations The Mechanism of the Autonomization of Culture 2 Notes Beyond Time (1967) Translated by Katarzyna Bartoszyńska I II III IV V VI VII VIII 3 Marx and the Contemporary Theory of Culture (1968) 4 Culture, Values and Science of Society (1972) 5 Jorge Luis Borges, or Why Understanding Is Not What It Seems to Be (1976) 6 Thinking Photographically (1983-1985) I II III IV V VI 7 Einstein Meets Magritte: Postmodernity Is Born (1995) 8 Assimilation into Exile: The Jew as a Polish Writer (1996) The Afterlife of Assimilation The Haunted Lands Language as Shelter Adolf Rudnicki or, Poles like Jews Julian Stryjkowski, or the Duty to Remember Bibliography 9 Beyond the Limits of Interpretative Anarchy (1997) Translated by Katarzyna Bartoszyńska 10 On Art, Death and Postmodernity - and What They Do To Each Other (1998) 11 Actors and Spectators (2004) 12 Listening to the Past, Talking to the Past (2008) 13 The Spectre of Barbarism - Then and Now (2008) 14 A Few (Erratic) Thoughts on the Morganatic Liaison of Theory and Literature (2010) Translated by Katarzyna Bartoszyńska 15 On Love and Hate In the Footsteps of Barbara Skarga (2015) Translated by Katarzyna Bartoszyńsk Notes culture and society 1 notes beyond time 2 marx and the contemporary theory of culture 3 culture, values and science of society 4 Jorge Luis Borges 5 Einstein Meets Magritte 7 Assimilation into Exile 8 Beyond the Borders of Interpretive Anarchism 9 Actors and Spectators 11 The Spectre of Barbarism 13 A Few (Erratic) Thoughts on the Morganatic Liaison of Theory and Literature 14 On Love and Hate 15 Acknowledgements Index EULA