Culture As Praxis

In this major work, Zygmunt Bauman classifies the meanings of culture. For Bauman, culture is a living, changing aspect of human interaction which must be understood and studied as a universal of human life. At the heart of his approach is the proposition that culture is inherently ambivalent.

List of contents

Introduction
Culture as Concept
Culture as Structure
Culture as Praxis

About the author

Zygmunt Bauman is Emeritus Professor of sociology at the Universities of Leeds and Warsaw

Summary

In this major work, Zygmunt Bauman classifies the meanings of culture. For Bauman, culture is a living, changing aspect of human interaction which must be understood and studied as a universal of human life. At the heart of his approach is the proposition that culture is inherently ambivalent.

Product details

• Authors: Zygmunt Bauman
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.1998
• EAN: 9780761959885
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5988-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society; Theory, Culture & Society (Har; Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society; Published in Association with
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Cultural Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Cultural Theory;Social Theory