Bauman and Contemporary Sociology A Critical Analysis

Name: Bauman and Contemporary Sociology
Author: Ali Rattansi

Auteur: Ali Rattansi

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Ali Rattansi

Engels
Hardcover
9781526127945
01 augustus 2017
344 pagina's

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This book offers an incisive and original perspective on the works of Zygmunt Bauman, perhaps the greatest sociologist of the late twentieth century. It examines the limitations of his approach while recognising the importance of his legacy as a theorist who insisted on the need for moral engagement.

The late Zygmunt Bauman is regarded by many as the greatest sociologist of the late twentieth century. This book is the first single-authored critical engagement with Bauman’s most important work.

Previous books on Bauman have been exegetical, but Ali Rattansi shines an unwavering critical light on key themes in Bauman’s writing. He provides a compelling critique of Bauman’s interpretation of the Holocaust, contemporary Western modernity, consumerism and globalisation, calling into question the cogency of Bauman’s critique of conventional academic sociology. Rattansi sees Bauman’s enduring legacy in his repeated insistence on the need for sociologists to take a moral stance in favour of the world’s poor and downtrodden.

Bauman and contemporary sociology offers an incisive and original perspective on the man and his legacy to fellow sociologists and a lucid and compelling introduction to his work for students, for academics beyond sociology and for general readers.

This is the first single-authored critical engagement with the major works of Zygmunt Bauman. Where previous books on Bauman have been exegetical, here an unwavering light is shone on key themes in the sociologist’s work, exposing serious weaknesses in Bauman’s interpretations of the Holocaust, Western modernity, consumerism, globalisation and the nature of sociology. The book shows how Eurocentrism, the neglect of issues of gender and a lack of awareness of the racism faced by Europe’s non-white ethnic minorities seriously limit Bauman’s analyses of Western societies. At the same time, it points to Bauman’s repeated insistence on the need for sociologists to take a moral stance in favour of the world’s poor and downtrodden as being his most valuable legacy. The book will be of great interest to sociologists. Its readability will be valued by undergraduates and postgraduates and it will attract a readership well beyond the discipline.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 augustus 2017
Aantal pagina's: 344
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Hoofdauteur: Ali Rattansi
Hoofduitgeverij: Manchester University Press

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Product breedte: 138 mm
Product hoogte: 21 mm
Product lengte: 216 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 138 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 21 mm
Verpakking lengte: 216 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 549 g

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EAN: 9781526127945

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Cultuur

Sociologie

Sociale theorie

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Taal: Engels
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Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
Periode: ca. 2000-heden

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