Bøger af Zygmunt Bauman
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178,95 - 517,95 kr. Management has been one of the driving forces of the last century, indeed an idea and a language that colonized most other institutions, areas of human activity and walks of life, even those that had until recently been regarded as completely unmanageable, such as art, academia and creativity.
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- 178,95 kr.
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188,95 - 626,95 kr. Unde malum from where does evil come? That is the question that has plagued humankind ever since Eve, seduced by the serpent, tempted Adam to taste the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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- 188,95 kr.
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178,95 - 661,95 kr. In this new book Zygmunt Bauman and Riccardo Mazzeo examine the contentious issue of the relation between literature (and the arts in general) and sociology (or, more generally, a branch of the humanities claiming scientific status).
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- 178,95 kr.
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257,95 - 572,95 kr. This is a new book from two of the world?s leading social thinkers The book is a wide-ranging analysis of the way in which social practices shape our sense of selfhood in the modern world The authors argue that the world in which we live today is one of uncertainty where nothing can be taken for granted.
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- 257,95 kr.
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178,95 - 572,95 kr. In this engaging dialogue, Zygmunt Bauman, sociologist and philosopher, and Stanislaw Obirek, theologian and cultural historian, explore the place of spirituality and religion in the world today and in the everyday lives of individuals.
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- 178,95 kr.
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223,95 - 675,95 kr. Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state to resolve the crisis and to chart a new way forward.
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- 223,95 kr.
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- Conversations with Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Keith Tester
225,95 - 660,95 kr. This book stands as a testimony to Bauman's belief in the enduring relevance of sociology. But it is also a call to us all to start questioning the world in which we live and to transform ourselves from being the victims of circumstance into the makers of our own history. For that, at the end of the day, is the use of sociology.
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- 225,95 kr.
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- The Loss of Sensitivity in Liquid Modernity
281,95 - 719,95 kr. Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one s ethical gaze.
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- 281,95 kr.
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- A Conversation
257,95 - 663,95 kr. Today the smallest details of our daily lives are tracked and traced more closely than ever before, and those who are monitored often cooperate willingly with the monitors. From London and New York to New Delhi, Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro, video cameras are a familiar and accepted sight in public places.
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- 257,95 kr.
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190,95 - 656,95 kr. * Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most original and influential social thinkers of out time. * Renowned sociologist, Zygmunt Bauman, reflects upon the startling and worrying facts of social inequality of which we have become so conscious in the last decade.
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- 190,95 kr.
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188,95 - 572,95 kr. This is an engaging new book from one of the most influential and widely read sociologists in the world today.
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- 188,95 kr.
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224,95 - 487,95 kr. * Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. * In this new book Bauman argues that, in our contemporary liquid-modern world, culture seeks no longer to enlighten the people but to seduce them.
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- 224,95 kr.
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- Social Inequalities in a Global Age
193,95 - 576,95 kr. * Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. * This new book focuses on social inequality.
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- 193,95 kr.
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240,95 - 572,95 kr. This liquid modern world of ours, like all liquids, cannot stand still and keep its shape for long. Everything keeps changing - the fashions we follow, the events that intermittently catch our attention, the things we dream of and things we fear.
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- 240,95 kr.
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- Approaches to Understanding
686,95 - 1.802,95 kr. An introduction to the hermeneutic tradition. It helps students of sociology and philosophy place the problems of 'understanding social science' in their historical and philosophical context, by presenting the major current in sociological thought as responses to the challenge of hermeneutics.
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- 686,95 kr.
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- An Essay on Commonsense and Imagination
539,95 - 1.706,95 kr. For the better part of its history, sociology shared with commonsense its assumption of the 'nature-like' character of society - and consequently developed as the science of unfreedom. This work describes how the various trends in sociology emerging from phenomenology and existentialism do not challenge this preoccupation.
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- 539,95 kr.
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638,95 - 1.670,95 kr. Explores the impact of the 'living utopia' of socialism on the development of modern society. This title begins with an analysis of the role of utopia in general, and of the socialist utopia in particular. It examines the reasons for the failure of socialism in its application to the peasant revolution in Russia.
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- 638,95 kr.
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- The Pre-history and After-life of Class
525,95 - 1.726,95 kr. A discussion of the mechanism of class formation and institutionalisation of class conflict. It traces the formation of a class society back to the patterns of 'surveillance power' and control, and shows how these patterns preceded and made possible the industrial system.
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- 525,95 kr.
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- Conversations with Riccardo Mazzeo
188,95 - 462,95 kr. * This is an engaging new book from one of the most influential and widely read sociologists in the world today. * Bauman, in conversation with Riccardo Mazzeo, reflects on nature and role of education and on the predicament of young people in our contemporary, liquid-modern world.
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- 188,95 kr.
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- Conversations with Citlali Rovirosa-Madrazo
188,95 - 572,95 kr. The global financial crisis has shattered the illusion that all was well with capitalism and forced us to confront the great challenges we face today with a new sense of urgency.
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- 188,95 kr.
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188,95 - 664,95 kr. A brilliant new book by Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most original and influential social thinkers writing today. Bauman examines how, in our liquid modern society, individuals are required to choose their own lives and give meaning and purpose to them.
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- 188,95 kr.
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188,95 - 727,95 kr. Is there a connection between the shape of the world we inhabit and the way we live our lives? This book explores that connection and attempts to find out how close it is. It is intended for students of sociology, politics and social and political theory.
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- 188,95 kr.
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- Living in an Age of Uncertainty
128,95 - 611,95 kr. The passage from 'solid' to 'liquid' modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting for individual life pursuits, confronting individuals with a series of challenges never before encountered.
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- 128,95 kr.
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- On the Frailty of Human Bonds
193,95 - 713,95 kr. * The latest book by Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. * Offers an original analysis of the central figure of our contemporary, 'liquid--modern' times -- the man or woman with no fixed or durable bonds.
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- 193,95 kr.
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321,95 - 729,95 kr. Society is under siege -- under attack on two fronts: from the global frontier--land where old structures and rules do not hold and new ones are slow to take shape, and from the fluid, undefined domain of life politics.
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- 321,95 kr.
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- Coversations With Benedetto Vecchi
218,95 - 561,95 kr. This topical new book by Zygmunt Bauman explores the notion of identity in the modern world. As we grapple with the insecurity and uncertainty of liquid modernity, Bauman argues that our socio--political, cultural, professional, religious and sexual identities are undergoing a process of continual transformation.
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- 218,95 kr.
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212,95 - 626,95 kr. 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.
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- 212,95 kr.
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632,95 - 1.710,95 kr. One subject which captured the imagination of sociologists, philosophers, political scientists and writers on culture in the 1980s was postmodernism. This text considers the meaning and importance of postmodernity.
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- 632,95 kr.
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- The Human Consequences
223,95 kr. a Globalizationa 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.
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- 223,95 kr.
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297,95 - 721,95 kr. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did.
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- 297,95 kr.