The Bloomsbury Bauman Reader

ISBN-13: 9781472590589 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 352 str.

UK) Tony Blackshaw (Sheffield Hallam University

Opis

Zygmunt Bauman is one of the leading social and political thinkers of the modern world. He is a classic thinker in the sense that his books possess the two qualities laid out by the founding fathers of the social sciences - the moral basis and the artistic touch - but his greatest interest is in showing how personal troubles are inextricably connected to public issues. He turns his critical eye on just about any social issue, event or institution from shopping to the state and from sex to social inequality. To read Bauman is to see how the rhythms of everyday life may be turned into an erudite and critical practice that burns itself into the sociological imagination.

Bauman is an immensely prolific writer and his early work, in particular, can be very demanding of the reader. This book presents a wide range of important, lively and engaging readings, aiming to capture the originality of Bauman's special way of doing sociology and all the complexity of his core ideas, in a way that connects with twenty-first century minds. It is an ideal student introduction to Bauman's work, offering a mix of book chapters and essay discussions, excerpts from interviews and snapshots on life from Bauman's pocket books. The ultimate aim of the reader is to show students how to 'think sociologically' with Bauman. Organized in four parts, with a substantive introduction by the editor, the volume closes with an epilogue from Bauman himself.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION: Setting Up the Encounter PART ONE: Sociology or Social Philosophy? Introduction 1. The Orthodoxy and its Legacy 2. Thinking Sociologically 3. Sociological Hermeneutics and Hermeneutical Sociology 4. The Motive for Metaphor 5. Juxtaposition 6. Ideal-Types 7. Writing Sociology PART TWO: The Unit-Ideas and the Philosophy Introduction 8. Culture 9. Ethics 10. Social Stratification 11. Fear 12. Power 13. Social Control 14. Community 15. Identity 16. Freedom 17. Death (and Life) 18. Individualization 19. Consumerism PART THREE: Modernity Introduction 20. Modernity 21. Ideology 22. Utopia 23. Ambivalence 24. Postmodernity 25. Legislators and Interpreters 26. Liquid Modernity PART FOUR: Modernity from a Liquid Modern Perspective Introduction 27. Social Inequality Redux 28. Politics and Power 29. Work 30. Globalization 31. Happiness 32. Love 33. Sex 34. Education 35. Media 36. Surveillance 37. Space, Place and Home 38. The Art of Life EPILOGUE: The Continuing Task: an Essay by Zygmunt Bauman