Intimations of Postmodernity - Softcover

Bauman, Zygmunt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415067502 ISBN 13: 9780415067508

Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

Intimations of Postmodernity One subject which captured the imagination of sociologists, philosophers, political scientists and writers on culture in the 1980s was postmodernism. This text considers the meaning and importance of postmodernity. Full description

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"Few other sociologists have addressed the question of the postmodern with the breadth of imagination and vision that Bauman can muster. This book steers a careful course between the twin excesses of instant dismissal postmodernism as something to be "against" and thoughtless adoption postmodernism as something to be "celebrated." It is a fine book which exemplifies Bauman at his brilliant best."
-Barry Smart, Auckland University

Synopsis:

One subject which captured the imagination of sociologists, philosophers, political scientists and writers on culture in the 1980s was postmodernism. Society was said to have moved into a new phase which left many of our old assumptions forlorn and impotent. Zygmunt Bauman was a leading contributor to the debate. In this book he sets out his essential ideas on the sociological and philosophical antecedents of postmodernity. He shows us how to use the concept without falling into the snares of introspective nihilism or mindless euphoria. Where other writers have bogged themselves down in abstract discussion, Bauman shows us how to use the concept concretely. His discussion of postmodernity and the collapse of communism is a model in this regard.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0415067502
• ISBN 13: 9780415067508
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264