Zygmunt Bauman

by Tony Blackshaw

Book Overview

This timely book provides the definitive concise introduction to the phenomenon of Zygmunt Bauman. After introducing the man, his major influences and his special way of 'thinking sociologically', author Blackshaw traces the development of Bauman's project by identifying and explaining the major shifts of emphasis in his work - the break with Marxism and the postmodern 'turn', and the subsequent refocusing on 'liquid' modernity - as well as offering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415355044
• ISBN13: 9780415355049
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.8"