The Contemporary Bauman

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-415-40968-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 514 g

This text covers Bauman’s contribution to sociology and social theory. This ideal teaching text analyzes Bauman's shift from a sociology of postmodernity to liquid modernity, and provides a critical assessment of the contemporary Bauman, appraising his novel theory of liquid modernity in terms of its implications for self-identity, interpersonal relationships, culture, communications, and the broad-ranging institutional transformations associated with globalization.

In addition to various extracts from Bauman's work, the book also contains a spirited reply from Zygmunt Bauman to both his sympathetic and unsympathetic critics. Bauman concludes by providing a new perspectives on his theory of liquid modernity, its differentiation from the modernity/postmodernity debate and its relation to current developments in contemporary social theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elliott, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Theorie und Methoden der Ethnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editor’s Introduction Anthony Elliott. Critique: Privatised and Disarmed Zygmunt Bauman Part 1: Liquid Modernity. On Being Light and Liquid Zygmunt Bauman. From Heavy to Light Modernity Zygmunt Bauman 1. The Theory of Liquid Modernity: A Critique of Bauman's Recent Sociology Anthony Elliott 2. From Postmodernity to Liquid Modernity: What’s in a Metaphor? Larry Ray 3. Bauman’s Irony Keith Tester Part 2: Liquid Love. Falling in and out of Love Zygmunt Bauman. On Living in a Liquid Modern World Zygmunt Bauman 4. Gender and Sexualities in Liquid Modernity Ann Branaman 5. Relatively Liquid Interpersonal Relationships in Flexible Work Life Poul Poder 6. Liquid Love: Psychoanalysing Mania Janet Sayers Part 3: Liquid Life. To Each Waste its Dumping Site Zygmunt Bauman. The Reality Principle and the Pleasure Principle Strike a Deal Zygmunt Bauman 7. Liquid Waste, Being Human, and Bodily Death Charles Lemert and Makenna Goodman 8. Solid Modernity, Liquid Utopia: Liquid Modernity, Solid Utopia: Ubiquitous Utopianism as a Trademark of the Work of Zygmunt Bauman Michael Hviid Jacobsen 9. On Bauman’s Sociology of Suffering: Questions for Thinking Iain Wilkinson. Afterword on Writing: On Writing Sociology Zygmunt Bauman

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Elliott is Professor of Sociology at Flinders University, Australia. His book, The New Individualism (2005), written with Charles Lemert, is also published by Routledge.