Zygmunt Bauman was one of the great social thinkers of our time:
inventor of the idea of liquid modernity, he transformed our way of
thinking about the social conditions shaping our lives
today. His own life was shaped by the great social forces
that scarred the second half of the twentieth century – war,
communism, antisemitism, forced migration. His work bears
the traces of an outsider who knew all too well the enormous impact
that social and political forces can have on personal lives. Bauman
never wrote a full biography, but he wrote extended letters to his
daughters in which he recounted the details of his life – his
childhood and schooling; his experiences during the war and its
aftermath; his forced emigration from Poland in 1968 and his
subsequent life in exile, first in Israel and then in the UK, where
he eventually settled at the University of Leeds. This book
makes available for the first time these fragments of a life
recounted, woven into a compelling autobiographical narrative that
is laced with the broader reflections of a master thinker on some
of the great issues of our time: identity, antisemitism and
totalitarianism.
General
Imprint: |
Polity Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Zygmunt Bauman
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Editors: |
Izabela Wagner
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Dimensions: |
222 x 149 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
238 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5095-5130-9 |
Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-5095-5130-1 |
Barcode: |
9781509551309 |
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