The New Bauman Reader

Download or read book The Bauman Reader written by Peter Beilharz and published by Blackwell Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkably diverse writings of Zygmunt Bauman range across a large number of issues in sociology, politics, history, and cultural studies. This is the first collection of Bauman's writings that covers the entire breadth of his work, and includes a summarizing essay and commentary by editor Peter Beilharz. As a whole, this is not only a guide to Bauman's way of thinking, but a guide to making sense of our times through the major work of one of the most important figures in late-twentieth-century social thought