Conversations with Zygmunt Bauman
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Zygmunt Bauman is one of the leading figures in contemporary social thought. His work ranges across issues of ethics, culture and politics. It never forgets that social thought ought to help men and women make sense of their lives and aspire towards something different. His books and essays always focus on the here and now: violence and moral indifference, globalization, consumerism, politics, individualization. They cast a sharp eye on the panaceas of 'there is no alternative', the embrace of community and