Intimations of Postmodernity by Zygmunt Bauman
Author is a sociologist of world rank
Author is credited with being a major influence on postmodernism
Introduction is clearest discussion of postmodernism available
A balanced view of postmodernism
Intimations of Postmodernity
Summary
This thoughtful and illuminating book provides a major statement on the meaning and importance of postmodernity.
Intimations of Postmodernity Summary
Table of Contents
Introduction: Re-enchantment of the world, or how can one narrate postmodernity? 1. Legislators and interpreters: Culture as the ideology of intellectuals, 2. Sociological Responses to Postmodernity, 3. The Changing Discursive Formation of Sociology, 4. Is there a Postmodern Sociology? 5. Philosophical Affinities of Postmodern Sociology, 6. The World According to Jean Baudrillard, 7. Communism: a Postmortem, 8. Living Without Alternative? 9. A Sociological Theory of Postmodernity: Interview with Zygmunt Bauman, by Richard Kilminster and Ian Varcoe
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9780415067508
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Intimations of Postmodernity by Zygmunt Bauman
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Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19911205
264
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