Zygmunt Bauman har energiskt utforskat olika sidor av vårt samtida sociala ich kulturella liv, som han karaktäriserar som "flytande". Relationer, identiteter, och institutioner befinner sig i en ständig förvandling. Det skapas hela tiden nya möjligh…

Ett modernt folkmord är inte ett uttryck för massans spontana aggressivitet. Det ingår som ett välplanerat medel i den sociala ingenjörskonst som använder sig av en rationell teknik för att nå irrationella mål. I sitt uppmärksammade och prisbelönta…

Zygmunt Bauman har under det senaste decenniet i en rad arbeten analyserat särdragen för det postmoderna tillståndet. Han har skildrat hur det moderna projektets förhoppningar har strandat, och hur vi i efterdyningarna finner människor som i allt hö…

Genom diskussioner av vardagliga upplevelser ger Zygmunt Bauman och Tim May i denna bok en personlig introduktion till frågan: Vad innebär det att tänka sociologiskt? Sociologin är ett sätt att överskrida vardagstänkandets begränsningar, att se männ…

Alla har vi känt oss delaktiga i eller uteslutna ur en viss social gemenskap. Alla har vi stått inför svårigheter att välja hur vi ska leva våra liv. Genom diskussioner av sådana vardagliga upplevelser ger Zygmunt Bauman en klar, stimulerande och pe…

aeo A major new book by one of the most original thinkers today. aeo Develops a distinctive argument about the a liquida nature of modernity. aeo Re--examines key concepts which look at the heart of orthodox accounts of the human condition, includin…

Uttrycket ?collateral damage? har ett militärt ursprung och betecknar oavsiktliga civila offer och skador. Men det beskriver också, hävdar Zygmunt Bauman i denna samling texter om den sociala ojämlikhetens utbredning och konsekvenser, en allt mer på…

Hur långt räcker de traditionella åtgärderna när det gäller att bekämpa den nya fattigdom som i dag breder ut sig i västvärlden? Finns det nya, oväntade lösningar på detta växande problem? Dessa frågor står i centrum för Arbete, konsumtion och den n…

Vi lever i en tid som tycks vara förälskad i det förflutna, påpekar Zygmunt Bauman i denna sin sista, postumt publicerade bok, ett förflutet där tillvaron var enklare, rollerna tydligare och världen homogen. Haken är bara, menar han, att detta förfl…

Moderniteten skulle bli det stora språnget framåt, in i en värld befriad från ett blint och outgrundligt öde. Men än idag har vi inte kontroll över vad som händer i våra samhällen, lika lite som vi har kontroll över vad som händer på jorden. Kanske…

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…

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. Social forms and institutions no longer have enoug…

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. Social forms and institutions no longer have enoug…

We have long since lost our faith in the idea that human beings could achieve human happiness in some future ideal state a state that Thomas More, writing five centuries ago, tied to a topos, a fixed place, a land, an island, a sovereign state under…

We have long since lost our faith in the idea that human beings could achieve human happiness in some future ideal state a state that Thomas More, writing five centuries ago, tied to a topos, a fixed place, a land, an island, a sovereign state under…

Widely acclaimed insight on the human condition, updated to view modern issues through a sociological lens Now in its third edition, Thinking Sociologically continues to offer a stimulating exploration of the underlying assumptions and tacit expecta…

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…

Det verkliga ämnet för denna undersökning är det postmoderna perspektivet självt. Bokens huvudpåstående är att vår moderna tid har nått ett så självkritiskt, ofta självförringande och på många sätt självförgörande stadium (den process som begreppet…

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…

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…

It is commonly assumed that the best way to help the poor out of their misery is to allow the rich to get richer, that if the rich pay less taxes then all the rest of us will be better off, and that in the final analysis the richness of the few bene…

It is commonly assumed that the best way to help the poor out of their misery is to allow the rich to get richer, that if the rich pay less taxes then all the rest of us will be better off, and that in the final analysis the richness of the few bene…

This book is about the central figure of our contemporary, a liquid moderna times -- the man or woman with no bonds, and particularly with none of the fixed or durable bonds that would allow the effort of self--definition and self--assertion to come…

This book is about the central figure of our contemporary, a liquid moderna times -- the man or woman with no bonds, and particularly with none of the fixed or durable bonds that would allow the effort of self--definition and self--assertion to come…

Shortly before his death, Zygmunt Bauman spent several days in conversation with the Swiss journalist Peter Haffner. Out of these conversations emerged this book in which Bauman shows himself to be the pre-eminent social thinker for which he became…

Shortly before his death, Zygmunt Bauman spent several days in conversation with the Swiss journalist Peter Haffner. Out of these conversations emerged this book in which Bauman shows himself to be the pre-eminent social thinker for which he became…

This work examines what sociology can teach us about the Holocaust, but more particularly concentrates on the lesson which the Holocaust has for sociology. Baumann argues that the Holocaust has to be understood as deeply involved with the nature of…

A new afterword to this edition, "The Duty to Remember-But What?" tackles difficult issues of guilt and innocence on the individual and societal levels. Zygmunt Bauman explores the silences found in debates about the Holocaust, and asks what the his…

Attempting to provide a sociological explanation of the Holocaust, the main theme of this work is the demonstration that the Holocaust has to be understood as deeply involved with the nature of modernity - neither a single event nor a simple outpour…

A new afterword to this edition, "The Duty to Remember-But What?" tackles difficult issues of guilt and innocence on the individual and societal levels. Zygmunt Bauman explores the silences found in debates about the Holocaust, and asks what the his…

The production of a human wastea -- or more precisely, wasted lives, the a superfluousa populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts -- is an inevitable outcome of modernization. It is an unavoidable side--effect of economic progress and the…

The production of a human wastea -- or more precisely, wasted lives, the a superfluousa populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts -- is an inevitable outcome of modernization. It is an unavoidable side--effect of economic progress and the…

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 ca…

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 ca…

Modern civilization, Bauman argues, promised to make our lives understandable and open to our control. This has not happened and today we no longer believe it ever will. In this book, now available in paperback, Bauman argues that our postmodern age…

Att översätta personliga bekymmer till allmänna problem, och omvänt ? så lyder C. Wright Mills berömda karakterisering av den »sociologiska fantasin». Denna fantasi, kombinerad med ett starkt moraliskt engagemang, utmärker Zygmunt Baumans författars…

Refugees from the violence of wars and the brutality of famished lives have knocked on other people's doors since the beginning of time. For the people behind the doors, these uninvited guests were always strangers, and strangers tend to generate fe…

Refugees from the violence of wars and the brutality of famished lives have knocked on other people's doors since the beginning of time. For the people behind the doors, these uninvited guests were always strangers, and strangers tend to generate fe…

Om nostalgins tidsålder, historiens psykopatologi och vådan av politisk hänryckning. Med förhandlingar om likhet och skillnad och ett appendix till en perfekt framtid.

Globalisering er på alles læber, et modeord næsten med status af trylleformular, der kan åbne samtlige porte til nutidens og fremtidens mysterier. Men som alle modeord også med en tendens til selv at blive mindre og mindre præcist, desto flere områd…

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 defe…

Reviewers' comments on the first edition"Zygmunt Bauman presents a cogently argued and compelling thesis... an important book from a distinguished scholar, that adds a new dimension to the poverty debate."British Journal of Sociology "It will be of…

"Vi savner fellesskap fordi vi savner trygghet, en kvalitet som er avgjørende for et lykkelig liv, men som den verden vi bor i, er stadig mindre i stand til å tilby og enda mindre villig til å love. Men fellesskapet er stadig like fraværende, det un…

"Baumans postmodernitet har inget att göra med estetisk diskussion. Det är i första hand ett sociologiskt, moraliskt och politiskfilosofiskt begrepp. Om moderniteten betecknar viljan och tron på att livet kan kontrolleras och administreras utifrån r…

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. An…

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. An…

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 unmana…

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 unmana…

Den röda drottningen i Lewis Carrolls berömda berättelse om Alice i underlandet måste springa så fort hon kan för att kunna hålla sig kvar på samma plats. Och vill hon ta sig därifrån måste hon springa ännu fortare.Det är en sådan belägenhet dagens…

Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most admired social thinkers of our time. Once a Marxist sociologist, he has surrendered the narrowness of both Marxism and sociology, and dares to write in language that ordinary people can understand-about problems the…

Modernity was supposed to be the period in human history when the fears that pervaded social life in the past could be left behind and human beings could at last take control of their lives and tame the uncontrolled forces of the social and natural…

Modernity was supposed to be the period in human history when the fears that pervaded social life in the past could be left behind and human beings could at last take control of their lives and tame the uncontrolled forces of the social and natural…

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

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

Globaliseringsprosessens kapitalekspansjon, som krysser alle sivile og nasjonale grenser og bryter ned all suverenitet på sin ferd, har skapt nye utfordringer for såvel det enkelte individ som for nasjonalstaten og for verdenssamfunnet. Zygmunt Baum…

The word "globalization" is used to convey the hope and determination of order-making on a worldwide scale. It is trumpeted as providing more mobility-of people, capital, and information-and as being equally beneficial for everyone. With recent tech…

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…

Die Moderne hat sich eine unlösbare Aufgabe gestellt. Ihr Anspruch, die Welt durchschaubar zu machen, war von vornherein zum Scheitern verurteilt, weil er die grundsätzliche Ambivalenz der Welt und die Zufälligkeit unserer Existenz, u…

In its original formulation, culture' was intended to be an agent for change, a mission undertaken with the aim of educating the people' by bringing the best of human thought and creativity to them. But in our contemporary liquid-modern world, cultu…

In its original formulation, culture' was intended to be an agent for change, a mission undertaken with the aim of educating the people' by bringing the best of human thought and creativity to them. But in our contemporary liquid-modern world, cultu…

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. Their conver…

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. Their conver…

More than ever before, our conflict--ridden, drifting planet needs the qualities that Europe, unique among the continents, has developed in more than two millennia of history: its self--criticism, its urge to self--transcendence, exploration and exp…

More than ever before, our conflict-ridden, drifting planet needs the qualities that Europe, unique among the continents, has developed in more than two millennia of history: its self-criticism, its urge to self-transcendence, exploration and experi…

Zygmunt Bauman schlägt theoretische Funken: Wer heute noch die Chuzpe hat, "Ich" zu sagen, sollte schneller sein als die anderen. Doch Achtung: Die Befriedigung hat ein Verfallsdatum - die nächste Frühjahrskollektion kommt bestimmt. I…

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. The space between these two f…

A set of interviews with one of the world's leading social thinkers, ranging from autobiographical reflection to guidelines for developing the reader's understanding, this text also gives important background information on the assumptions of Bauman…

Zygmunt Bauman johdattaa lukijansa sosiologisen ajattelun lähteille. Arkielämästä ottamiensa esimerkkien avulla hän auttaa luotaamaan tuntemattomia kokemuksia ja näyttää, kuinka ne voidaan tulkita uudella tavalla ja nähdä uudessa valossa. Bauman poh…

Hvordan var Holocaust mulig? Hvordan kunne denne moralske katastrofen skje? Med Moderniteten og Holocaust fra 1989, en bok som stadig kommer i nye opplag og som i dag foreligger på en rekke språk, leverte Zygmunt Bauman ikke bare et banebrytende arb…