The Individualized Society
We are spurred into action by our troubles and fears; but all too often our action fails to address the true causes of our worries. When trying to make sense of our lives, we tend to blame our own failings and weaknesses for our discomforts and defeats. And in doing so, we make things worse rather than better. Reasonable beings that we are, how does this happen and why does it go on happening? These are the questions addressed in this new book by Zygmunt Bauman - one of the most original and perceptive social thinkers writing today. For Bauman, the task of sociology is not to censor or correct the stories we tell of our lives, but to show th…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7456-5703-5
- EAN: 9780745657035
- Produktnummer: 16376837
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'114 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds.
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