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Sketches in the Theory of Culture (Paperback)
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Sketches in the Theory of Culture (Paperback)
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Sketches in the Theory of Culture is a remarkable work by all
measures. Written by Zygmunt Bauman when he was still a professor
in Poland, and originally intended for publication in 1968, it was
suppressed by the Polish government in the wave of repression
following the protests in March of that year. For decades, it was
thought to be lost. Astonishingly, it survived in the form of an
uncorrected set of proofs which was recently discovered, and is the
basis of this edition. Now published in English for the first time,
this book sheds new light on Bauman's work prior to his emigration
and illuminates the intellectual climate of Poland in the late
1960s. Bauman's pursuit of a semiotic theory of culture includes a
discussion of processes of individualization and the
intensification of global ties, anticipating themes that became
central to his later work. Though this book stands as a testament
to a historical moment, it also transcends it. '[W]e live in an age
that seems, for the first time in human history, to acknowledge
cultural multiplicity as an innate and fixed feature of the world,
one which gives rise to new forms of identity that are at ease with
plurality, like a fish in water', writes Bauman - a statement that
is as true today as it was when he penned it in the 1960s. Sketches
in the Theory of Culture is a strikingly prescient reflection on
culture and society by one of the most influential social thinkers
of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It will
appeal to students and scholars across the social sciences and
humanities and to the many readers of Bauman's work.
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