| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) |
| Contents |
Bauman's Europe; Europe's Bauman / William Outhwaite -- The use-value of human waste and the currency of waste-disposal sites in liquid modernity / Abby Peterson -- Bauman and the drama of Abu Ghraib / Stjepan G. Mestrovic -- Another Bauman: the anthropological imagination / Peter Beilharz -- Bauman's challenge to sociology / Tony Blackshaw -- Bauman's implicit theology / Kieran Flanagan -- Event horizon: Utopia-dystopia in Bauman's though / Mark Featherstone -- Totalitarian bureaucracy and Bauman's sociological imagination: in defence of the Ivory Tower / Paul Taylor -- Resistance towards ethics / Tom Campbell and Chris Till -- What's in the post? / John O'Neill -- Conclusion: the triple challenge / Zygmunt Bauman |
| Summary |
This unique and original collection by internationally renowned scholars uses critical engagements with Zygmunt Bauman's sociology to understand the challenges that face globalized human societies at the start of the 21st century. Includes a concluding chapter by Bauman |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bauman, Zygmunt, 1925-2017 -- Political and social views
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| SUBJECT |
Bauman, Zygmunt, 1925-2017 fast |
| Subject |
Sociology -- Philosophy.
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Sociology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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Society.
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Political and social views
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Sociology -- Philosophy
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Sociologie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Davis, Mark, 1978-
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Tester, Keith, 1960-
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| ISBN |
9780230290457 |
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0230290450 |
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