{"product_id":"conversations-with-zygmunt-bauman-9780745626659","title":"Conversations with Zygmunt Bauman","description":"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 and individualization. They cast a sharp eye on the panaceas of 'there is no alternative'; the embrace of community and the fads of the 'counselling boom'; through which men and women are told that they can achieve biographical solutions to what are, in fact, systemic problems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this new book, Zygmunt Bauman and Keith Tester engage in five accessible conversations that uncover and explore the assumptions and commitments underpinning Bauman's ground-breaking social thought. The conversations show how those commitments have influenced Bauman's analyses of modernity, postmodernity and 'liquid modernity'. The book ranges widely, from autobiographical reflection through to pointers for the understanding and future of Bauman's social thought. The conversations illustrate the moral substance of Bauman's refusal to accept that the world cannot be made different. They show why social thought is a human necessity. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conversations with Zygmunt Bauman is a book which will offer fresh insight into Bauman's work for those who are familiar with it, and provide an engaging and helpful entry point for those who are new to it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zygmunt Bauman, Keith Tester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.60w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745626659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZygmunt Bauman\u003c\/b\u003e (1925-2017) was Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Universities of Leeds and Warsaw \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Tester\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Social Theory, University of Portsmouth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43750573342835,"sku":"9.78075E+12","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f21aa1d0-9a45-4d3c-923b-fa840f5f4389.jpg?v=1756465386","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/conversations-with-zygmunt-bauman-9780745626659","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}