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* Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. * In this new book Bauman argues that, in our contemporary liquid-modern world, culture seeks no longer to enlighten the people but to seduce them.

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"Some acerbic interpretations of a long-contested word."
Steven Poole, The Guardian

Table of Contents

1 Some notes on the historical peregrinations of the concept of 'Culture' 1

2 On fashion, liquid identity and utopia for today – some cultural tendencies in the twenty-first century 18

3 Culture from nation-building to globalization 32

4 Culture in a world of diasporas 51

5 Culture in a uniting Europe 71

6 Culture between state and market 96

Notes 118

Culture in a Liquid Modern World

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    A Paperback / softback by Zygmunt Bauman, Lydia Bauman

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 14/06/2011
      ISBN13: 9780745653556, 978-0745653556
      ISBN10: 0745653553
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      * Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. * In this new book Bauman argues that, in our contemporary liquid-modern world, culture seeks no longer to enlighten the people but to seduce them.

      Trade Review
      "Some acerbic interpretations of a long-contested word."
      Steven Poole, The Guardian

      Table of Contents

      1 Some notes on the historical peregrinations of the concept of 'Culture' 1

      2 On fashion, liquid identity and utopia for today – some cultural tendencies in the twenty-first century 18

      3 Culture from nation-building to globalization 32

      4 Culture in a world of diasporas 51

      5 Culture in a uniting Europe 71

      6 Culture between state and market 96

      Notes 118

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