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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781047103321

Autore

Bauman Zygmunt <1925->

Titolo

Culture as praxis [[electronic resource] /] / Zygmunt Bauman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1999

ISBN

0-585-38003-1

0-7619-5988-2

1-282-55960-5

9786612559600

1-84860-928-0

Edizione

[New ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (lv, 148 p.)

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Disciplina

306.01

Soggetti

Culture - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 - Culture as Concept; 2 - Culture as Structure; 3 - Culture as Praxis; Subject Index; Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bauman seeks to classify the meanings of culture, rather than simply describing it as other accounts have done. In his proposal that culture is inherently ambivalent he distinguishes between culture as a concept, as a structure and as praxis.