158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this ground-breaking book, Shaun Best analyses the intellectual knowledge production of Zygmunt Bauman and his rise to academic stardom in the English speaking world by evaluating the relation between his biography, the contexts in which he found himself, and why his intellectual creativity is admired by so many people. Bauman has an interesting 'contested' biography and underwent a number of... Read more
Contents: Introduction; How Zygmunt Bauman became Zygmunt Bauman: history and biography; The unmaking of a Communist identity; Modernity and the Holocaust; The liquid turn; Conclusion: why good people do bad things; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Shaun Best
’Zygmunt Bauman is generally considered one of the greats of contemporary sociological thought. By arguing that, as a sociologist, Bauman is mainly an intellectual entrepreneur, and through discussing his failure to deal with his past activities in Stalinist Poland, Shaun Best gives us a thought-provoking reappraisal of both the man and his work.’ Antonia Kupfer, University of Southampton, UK '... the book contains a revealing story, and as such it makes good reading.' Contemporary Sociology
