Postmodernity and its Discontents
"For a penetrating discussion of the dilemmas which face postmodern cultural analysis, it is hard to beat." Third Way
"This book has important things to say ... interesting and thought-provoking." The Times Higher Education Supplement
"Humane, impassioned essays." The Times Literary Supplement
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. Les mer
It consolidates his reputation as the interpreter of postmodernity. The book will appeal to second--year undergraduates and above in sociology, cultural studies, philosophy and anthropology.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Polity Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 232
- ISBN
- 9780745617916
- Utgivelsesår
- 1997
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
"For a penetrating discussion of the dilemmas which face postmodern cultural analysis, it is hard to beat." Third Way
"This book has important things to say ... interesting and thought-provoking." The Times Higher Education Supplement
"Humane, impassioned essays." The Times Literary Supplement