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1. Towards a Critical Sociology (Routledge Revivals)

   An Essay on Commonsense and Imagination

   By Zygmunt Bauman

   For the better part of its history sociology shared with commonsense its assumption of the ‘nature-like’ character of society – and consequently developed as the science of unfreedom. In this powerful and engaging work, first published in 1976, Professor Bauman outlines the historical roots of such...

   Published April 14th 2011 by Routledge
2. Socialism the Active Utopia (Routledge Revivals)

   By Zygmunt Bauman

   Rather than contributing to the long-standing discussion about the characteristics of the society that socialism proposes to establish, this Routledge Revival, initially published in 1976, aims to explore the impact of the ‘living utopia’ of socialism on the development of modern society. It...

   Published January 6th 2011 by Routledge
3. Memories of Class (Routledge Revivals)

   The Pre-history and After-life of Class

   By Zygmunt Bauman

   First published in 1982, Professor Bauman’s discussion of the mechanism of class formation and institutionalisation of class conflict argues that our understanding of changes in social and political structure has been hindered by the freezing of concepts of class in the ice-age of industrial...

   Published November 23rd 2010 by Routledge
4. Hermeneutics and Social Science (Routledge Revivals)

   Approaches to Understanding

   By Zygmunt Bauman

   Originally in 1978, this important work, by one of the leading European social theorists, is arguably the best introduction to the hermeneutic tradition as a whole. It is designed to help students of sociology and philosophy place the problems of "understanding social science" in their historical...

   Published July 27th 2010 by Routledge
5. Intimations of Postmodernity

   By Zygmunt Bauman

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

   Published December 4th 1991 by Routledge