Zygmunt Bauman

Autorentext
Dennis Smith is Professor of Sociology at Loughborough University, and the author of many books, including The Rise of Historical Sociology (Polity Press, 1991)

Klappentext
In this major new book, Dennis Smith provides a clear introduction to the work of Zygmunt Bauman and sets the agenda for future discussions of this controversial and challenging social thinker. Over the last decade, Bauman has developed a powerful and distinctive analysis of the human condition in the postmodern age. He has analysed the moral dilemmas, emotional torments, social pressures and political choices that are set to plague us in the future. But where does Bauman's vision come from? How convincing is it? And what is Bauman's distinctive contribution to our understanding of ourselves? This wide-ranging and accessible book provides the answers to these questions. Smith shows that the central themes in Bauman's recent analyses of modernity and postmodernity were already present in his early writings. He traces strong links between Bauman the Polish dissident intellectual under a communist regime in the 1960s and Bauman the prophet of postmodernity in the capitalist West during the 1980s and 1990s. The book offers more than just analysis and assessment, though, as Smith enters into a lively correspondence with Bauman, exchanging views on such topics as the nature of history, morality, postmodernity, risk and globalization. This valuable introduction will be of interest to second-year undergraduates and above in sociology, philosophy, politics and cultural studies.

Zusammenfassung
aeo The first book--length introduction to the work of Zygmunt Bauman -- one of the most influential authors in the postmodernity debate. aeo Offers a comprehensive overview and assessment of Baumana s work linking his current thinking with his early writings.

Inhalt
Preface. Part I: Setting the Agenda: 1. Living Without a Guidebook. 2. No Easy Choices. 3. Who is Zygmunt Bauman? 4. The Power of the Past. Part II: The Road to Postmodernity: 5. The Road to the West. 6. The Road to Utopia. 7. The Road to the Berlin Wall. 8. The Trilogy. 9. Bauman's Vision of Modernity and Postmodernity. Part III: Dialogue: 10. Between Critical Theory and Post-Structuralism. The ambivalence of criticism. 11. A Correspondence between Zygmunt Bauman and Dennis Smith. First letter. Second letter. Third letter. Fourth letter. Fifth letter. Bibliography. Index.

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