Mark (Hrsg.) Davis

Liquid Sociology

Metaphor in Zygmunt Bauman's Analysis of Modernity

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Zygmunt Bauman's 'liquid sociology' confronts the awesome task of reminding individual men and women that an alternative way of living together is within our eminent capabilities, if only we start to think differently about our world. The metaphor of 'liquidity', which has become such a prominent feature of his writings since 2000, provides us with just such a new interpretation, with a novel 'way of seeing'. Each chapter in this unique collection takes seriously Bauman's analysis of modernity as 'liquid', throwing new light upon global social problems, as well as opening up a space for assessing the nature of Bauman's contribution to sociolo… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-317-10470-4
EAN: 9781317104704
Produktnummer: 20175495
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 252 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'488 KB

Über den Autor

Mark Davis is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. He is the founder and Director of the Bauman Institute, the author of Freedom and Consumerism: A Critique of Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology and co-editor of Bauman's Challenge: Sociological Issues for the Twenty-First Century.