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Modernity and Ambivalence Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw)

Modernity and Ambivalence By Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw)

Modernity and Ambivalence by Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw)

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Summary

aeo This is a powerful and challenging new work offering a fresh and provocative account of the issues raised by the modernity/postmodernity debate. aeo Bauman is one of the leading social thinkers today. aeo The hardback was highly acclaimed and sold well.

Modernity and Ambivalence Summary

Modernity and Ambivalence by Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw)

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, now available in paperback, Bauman argues that our postmodern age is the time for reconciliation with ambivalence, we must learn how to live in an incurably ambiguous world.

Modernity and Ambivalence Reviews

'Both parts [of the book] contain powerful critiques which contribute significantly to an area of debate which is rapidly coming to define the very promise of the sociological project.' Sociology

'An argument rich in insight, imposing in its range and reference.' New Statesman and Society

'A fascinating and highly original book which tells the story of modern men and women entrapped in ambivalence.' Agnes Heller, New School for Social Research

'[A] remarkable and passionate text.' Sociology

'Sensitive and intellectually highly stimulating work, Modernity and Ambivalence fuses the parochial and the universal, the historical and the theoretical, in a masterly fashion.' Muslim World Book Review

About Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw)

Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Universities of Leeds and Warsaw. He was the winner of the prestigious European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and the Social Sciences, 1989, he was also awarded the Theodor W. Adorno Prize for 1998.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

1. The Scandal of Ambivalence.

2. Social Construction of Ambivalence.

3. 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):.

Revenge of Ambivalence.

6. Privatization of Ambivalence.

7. Postmodernity, or Living with Ambivalence.

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Modernity and Ambivalence by Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw)
Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
19930923
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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