Description
Book SynopsisZygmunt Bauman is one of the leading figures in contemporary social thought. His work ranges across issues of ethics, culture and politics. It never forgets that social thought ought to help men and women make sense of their lives and aspire towards something different.
Trade Review'Zygmunt Bauman is a rare intellectual. He does not like to talk about himself except via the byways, the work of others and the problems of the world. Keith Tester is a fine interlocutor who knows how to draw Bauman out. The result is a fascinating series of conversations. This is a book to press against the future, a book for tomorrow.
Peter Beilharz, Thesis Eleven, La Trobe University It is very readable. It provides a clear introduction to Bauman's ideas in a much more concise and open style than is otherwise possible ploughing through his volumous works. As such it is to be highly recomendable" Gary Pattison, University of Southampton, Network
Table of ContentsPreface.
Introduction.
Conversation 1: Context and Sociological Horizons.
Conversation 2: Ethics and Human Values.
Conversation 3: The Ambivalence of Modernity.
Conversation 4: Individualization and Consumer Society.
Conversation 5: Politics.
Notes.
Bibliography
