The Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman: Challenges and Critique

by Michael Hviid Jacobsen (Author), PoulPoder (Editor), Michael Hviid Jacobsen (Author), Poul Poder (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $173.04

  Zygmunt Bauman is a controversial thinker on the scene of contemporary sociology. This book considers the theoretical significance of his contribution to sociology. It introduces and appraises some of Bauman's contributions to contemporary sociology: ethics, freedom, utopia, genocide, metaphors, ambivalence, politics, strangers and globalization.