Intimations of Postmodernity

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

List of contents

Introduction, 1. LEGISLATORS AND INTERPRETERS: CULTURE AS THE IDEOLOGY OF INTELLECTUALS, 2. SOCIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO POSTMODERNITY, 3. THE CHANGING DISCURSIVE FORMATION OF SOCIOLOGY, 4. IS THERE A POSTMODERN SOCIOLOGY?, 5. PHILOSOPHICAL AFFINITIES OF POSTMODERN SOCIOLOGY, 6. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEAN BAUDRILLARD, 7. COMMUNISM: A POSTMORTEM, 8. LIVING WITHOUT AN ALTERNATIVE, 9. A SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY OF POSTMODERNITY, Appendix, Index

About the author

Zygmunt Bauman

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Bauman, Zygmunt Bauman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2015
• EAN: 9781138138339
• ISBN: 978-1-138-13833-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology and anthropology