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Viewing human experience through the eyes of the soul, Bauman offers a profound wisdom steeped in ancient spiritual and philosophical traditions, grounded in modern physics, and capped with his own original soulful vision.

Zygmunt Bauman is one of the leading figures in contemporary social thought. His work ranges across issues of ethics, culture and politics. It never forgets that social thought ought to help men and women make sense of their lives and aspire towards something different. His books and essays always focus on the here and now: violence and moral indifference, globalization, consumerism, politics and individualization. They cast a sharp eye on the...

With characteristic brilliance, Zygmunt Bauman shows that the problem of coping with 'wasted lives' - the 'superfluous' populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts - provides a key for understanding some otherwise baffling features of our shared life, from the strategies of global domination to the most intimate aspects of human relationships.

Life in Fragments" is a continuation of the themes and motifs explored in Zygmunt Bauman's acclaimed study, Postmodern Ethics (Blackwell, 1993). Described by Richard Sennett as a major event in social theory, Postmodern Ethics subverted the pieties of subversion which rule the postmodern imagination, arguing for an ethic of being with the Other, beyond the fashionable imperative of anything goes or the deconstruction of identity through differ...

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

We are spurred into action by our troubles and fears, but all too often our action fails to address the true causes of our worries. When trying to make sense of our lives, we tend to blame our own failings and weaknesses for our discomforts and defeats. And in doing so, we make things worse rather than better. Reasonable beings that we are, how does this happen and why does it go on happening?These are the questions addressed in this new book ...

Bauman urges us to think in new ways about a newly flexible, newly challenging modern world. In an era of routine travel, where most people circulate widely, the inherited beliefs that aid our thinking about the world have become an obstacle. He challenges members of the "knowledge class" to overcome their estrangement from the rest of society.

Community' is one of those words that feels good: it is good 'to have a community', 'to be in a community'. And 'community' feels good because of the meanings which the word conveys, all of them promising pleasures, and more often than not the kind of pleasures which we would like to experience but seem to miss.'Community' conveys the image of a warm and comfortable place, like a fireplace at which we warm our hands on a frosty day. Out there,...

∗ New in paperback, this book, is likely to be adopted on many courses covering the Holocaust. ∗ A unique but disturbing book - winner of the 1989 European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences. ∗ The hardback received enormous acclaim. ∗ Zygmunt Bauman is one of the world′s leading social theorists.

′Globalization′ is a word that is currently much in use. This book is an attempt to show that there is far more to globalization than its surface manifestations. Unpacking the social roots and social consequences of globalizing processes, this book disperses some of the mist that surrounds the term.

THIS BOOK ANSWERS QUESTIONS ASKED BY STUDENTS AND GIVES SOME NOT SO COMMON, COMMON SENSE APPROACHES TO EVERYDAY SITUATIONS IN TRUCK DRIVING. IT HAS HELPFUL HINTS FOR DRIVERS OF ALL ABILITIES HOPEFULLY READING THIS BOOK CAN SAVE YOU SOME TIME AND MONEY AND HELP MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER. ALL THE STORIES IN THIS BOOK ARE TRUE AND REFLECT THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES OF MR BAUMAN.

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»Ich shoppe, also bin ich ...« - so fasst Zygmunt Bauman den Wandel unserer Gesellschaft zusammen, die sich von einer Gesellschaft der Produzenten in eine Gesellschaft der Konsumenten transformiert. In dieser Verbrauchergesellschaft werden die Individuen selbst zur Ware, sie müssen sich auf dem Markt als Konsumgut bewerben und verkaufen. Sie sind zugleich Konsument, aber auch Handelsartikel und Vermarkter, Ware und Verkäufer. In einer solche...

Zygmunt Baumana s new book is a brilliant exploration, from a sociological point of view, of the a tabooa subject in modern societies: death and dying. The book develops a new theory of the ways in which human mortality is reacted to, and dealt with, in social institutions and culture.

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For this long-anticipated new edition, neurologists Margaret L. Bauman and Thomas L. Kemper bring together leading researchers and clinicians to present the most current scientific knowledge and theories about autism."Anyone doing research in autism or other developmental disorders will find this an invaluable book to read to make sure all areas are understood and to serve as a rich source of references." -- "American Journal of Psychiatry

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This first ethnographic study of a folklife festival focuses on festivalparticipants -- the dancers, musicians, storytellers, and artisans at a publicdisplay of folk culture. These essays investigate the contention by supporters ofthese events that this form of folkloric representation is as intellectuallylegitimate as scholarly research.

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Possiamo superare l'incertezza che grava su di noi e sul futuro? L'inquietudine che contraddistingue le nostre vite non è epistemologica, ma ontologica: a partire da questa constatazione Bauman traccia la grammatica del nostro tempo, caratterizzata da parole quali "probabilità", "instabilità", "turbolenza". Eppure, l'imprevedibile che permea la realtà in cui viviamo non è solo negativo: ciascuno di noi può scrivere il futuro secondo i propri d...