ISBN:
9780761959892
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (205 p.)
Series Statement:
Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society
Parallel Title:
Print version Culture as Praxis
DDC:
306.01
Keywords:
Philosophy
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In this major work, Zygmunt Bauman seeks to classify the meanings of culture. He distinguishes between culture as a concept, culture as a structure and culture as praxis and analyzes the different ways in which culture has been used in each of these settings. For Bauman, culture is a living, changing aspect of human interaction which must be understood and studied as a universal of human life. At the heart of his approach is the proposition that culture is inherently ambivalent. With a major new introduction to this new edition, this classic work emerges as a crucial link in the development of
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 - Culture as Concept; 2 - Culture as Structure; 3 - Culture as Praxis; Subject Index; Name Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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