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Modernity and Ambivalence

By Bauman , Zygmunt

Book information

Publisher
Wiley;Polity Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9780745605739, 9780745612423, 9780745638119, 0745638112
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
890 kB (911154 bytes)
Pages
xii, 286 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Introduction: The Quest for Order; 1 The Scandal of Ambivalence; 2 The Social Construction of Ambivalence; 3 The Self-construction of Ambivalence; 4 A Case Study in the Sociology of Assimilation I: Trapped in Ambivalence; 5 A Case Study in the Sociology of Assimilation II: The Revenge of Ambivalence; 6 The Privatization of Ambivalence; 7 Postmodernity, or Living with Ambivalence; Index;Modern civilization, Bauman argues, promised to make our lives understandable and open to our control. This has not happened and today we no longer believe it ever will. In this book Bauman argues that our postmodern age is the time for reconciliation with ambivalence, we must learn how to live in an incurably ambiguous world. Introduction: The Quest for Order 1 The Scandal of Ambivalence 2 The Social Construction of Ambivalence 3 The Self-construction of Ambivalence 4 A Case Study in the Sociology of Assimilation I: Trapped in Ambivalence 5 A Case Study in the Sociology of Assimilation II: The Revenge of Ambivalence 6 The Privatization of Ambivalence 7 Postmodernity, or Living with Ambivalence Index

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