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Overview
The recent work of Zygmunt Bauman has received extraordinary attention in the social sciences. Widely recognized as one of the world's most influential social theorists and politically engaged public intellectuals, Bauman's theory of "liquid modernity" presents a dramatic, dark portrait of the contemporary age. This is the first book to provide a detailed critical assessment of Bauman's liquid turn in sociology. Anthony Elliott has selected representative extracts from Bauman's recent path-making work, ensuring The Contemporary Bauman provides critical appraisals of the theory of liquid modernity in terms of its implications for self-identity, interpersonal relationships, culture, communications, and the broad-ranging institutional transformations associated with globalization.Elliott has brought together a highly distinguished group of international contributors comprising of Ann Branaman, Makenna Goodman, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Charles Lemert, Poul Poder, Larry Ray, Janet Sayers, Keith Tester and Iain Wilkinson, thus making this volume an integral tool for both undergraduates and postgraduates studying contemporary social theory and cultural studies.
Synopsis
This text covers Bauman’s contribution to sociology and social theory. This ideal teaching text analyzes Bauman's shift from a sociology of postmodernity to liquid modernity, and provides a critical assessment of the contemporary Bauman, appraising his novel theory of liquid modernity in terms of its implications for self-identity, interpersonal relationships, culture, communications, and the broad-ranging institutional transformations associated with globalization.
In addition to various extracts from Bauman's work, the book also contains a spirited reply from Zygmunt Bauman to both his sympathetic and unsympathetic critics. Bauman concludes by providing a new perspectives on his theory of liquid modernity, its differentiation from the modernity/postmodernity debate and its relation to current developments in contemporary social theory.