Forfatter fødeår: 1925
It is one thing to be poor in a society of producers and universal employment; it is quite a different thing to be poor in a society of consumers. This book considers... Læs mere
In this major work, Zygmunt Bauman classifies the meanings of culture. For Bauman, culture is a living, changing aspect of human interaction which must be understood and studied as a... Læs mere
For the better part of its history sociology shared with commonsense its assumption of the 'nature-like' character of society - and... Læs mere
This thoughtful and illuminating book provides a major statement on the meaning and importance of postmodernity.
Education and Intercultural Identity offers a dialogue between influential authors Zygmunt Bauman and Agostino Portera that reflects on and discusses contemporary events and issues relating to the crisis of global normativity, education and intercultural identity.
Intends to explore the impact of the 'living utopia' of socialism on the development of modern society. This book begins with an analysis of the role of utopia in general, and of the socialist utopia in particular.
A discussion of the mechanism of class formation and institutionalisation of class conflict which argues that our understanding of changes in social and political structure has been hindered by the freezing of concepts of class in the ice-age of industrial society.