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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783888603321

Autore

Bauman Zygmunt <1925, >

Titolo

Intimations of postmodernity / / Zygmunt Bauman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 1992

ISBN

1-134-91759-7

1-134-91760-0

1-280-07090-0

0-203-41493-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Disciplina

303.3/72

Soggetti

Postmodernism - Social aspects

Social values

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction: The re-enchantment of the world, or, how can one narrate postmodernity?; LEGISLATORS AND INTERPRETERS: CULTURE AS THE IDEOLOGY OF INTELLECTUALS; SOCIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO POSTMODERNITY; THE CHANGING DISCURSIVE FORMATION OF SOCIOLOGY; IS THERE A POSTMODERN SOCIOLOGY?; PHILOSOPHICAL AFFINITIES OF POSTMODERN SOCIOLOGY; THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEAN BAUDRILLARD; COMMUNISM: A POSTMORTEM; LIVING WITHOUT AN ALTERNATIVE; A SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY OF POSTMODERNITY; Appendix: An interview with Zygmunt Bauman Richard Kilminster and Ian Varcoe; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This thoughtful and illuminating book provides a major statement on the meaning and importance of postmodernity.