_Sketches in the Theory of Culture_ is a remarkable work by all
measures. Written by Zygmunt Bauman when he was still a professor in
Poland, and originally intended for publication in 1968, it was
suppressed by the Polish government in the wave of repression
following the protests in March of that year. For decades, it was
thought to be lost. Astonishingly, it survived in the form of an
uncorrected set of proofs which was recently discovered, and is the
basis of this edition.
Now published in English for the first time, this book sheds new light
on Bauman’s work prior to his emigration and illuminates the
intellectual climate of Poland in the late 1960s. Bauman’s pursuit
of a semiotic theory of culture includes a discussion of processes of
individualization and the intensification of global ties, anticipating
themes that became central to his later work. Though this book stands
as a testament to a historical moment, it also transcends it. ‘[W]e
live in an age that seems, for the first time in human history, to
acknowledge cultural multiplicity as an innate and fixed feature of
the world, one which gives rise to new forms of identity that are at
ease with plurality, like a fish in water’, writes Bauman - a
statement that is as true today as it was when he penned it in the
1960s.
_Sketches in the Theory of Culture_ is a strikingly prescient
reflection on culture and society by one of the most influential
social thinkers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first
centuries. It will appeal to students and scholars across the social
sciences and humanities and to the many readers of Bauman’s work.
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ISBN
9781509528332
Publisert
2018
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Polity
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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