ISBN:
9780745657035
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 259 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Ebrary online
Series Statement:
EBL-Schweitzer
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bauman, Zygmunt, 1925 - 2017 The individualized society
DDC:
302.54
Keywords:
Individualism
;
Postmodernism -- Social aspects
;
Society
;
Electronic books
;
Individualismus
;
Gesellschaft
;
Postmoderne
Abstract:
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?〈br /〉 〈br /〉 〈br /〉 These are the questions addressed in this new book by Zygmunt Bauman - one of the most original and perceptive social thinkers writing today. For Bauman, the task of sociology is not
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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