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In "Culture, Modernity and Revolution" a group of internationally
renowned sociologists from East and West, come together to honor
Zygmunt Bauman. Their essays not only honor the man, but provide
important contributions to the three interlinked themes that could
be said to form the guiding threads of Bauman's life and work:
power, culture and modernity. "Culture, Modernity and Revolution"
is both a remarkable sociological commentary on the problems facing
East-Central Europe and an exposition of some of the key, hitherto
neglected, features of the modern cultural universe.
The book has a unity of purpose. In no sense is it a development
of Bauman's ideas by followers: its editors retain a critical
distance and seek to present the man and his ideas to a wide
audience. It will be of interest to sociologists, philosophers,
political scientists and students of culture.
In Culture, Modernity and Revolution a group of distinguished
sociologists and social philosophers reflect upon the major
concerns of Zygmunt Bauman. Their essays not only honour the man,
but provide important contributions to the three interlinked themes
that could be said to form the guiding threads of Bauman's life
work: power, culture and modernity. Culture, Modernity and
Revolution is both a remarkable sociological commentary on the
problems facing East-Central Europe and an exposition of some of
the key, hitherto neglected, features of the modern cultural
universe.
As science and technology have pervaded modern life to an ever
greater degree, social scientists have been led to find questions
of the causes and consequences of 'expert' knowledge arising in
places that would have been felt unlikely hitherto. Varcoe, McNeil
and Yearley's book assembles nine exemplary studies by
sociologists, each of which explores an aspect of the current
scientific-technological 'revolution'. Some popular ideas are
challenged. So, too, implicitly, are certain large-scale social
scientific theories claiming to have discerned in science and
technology an overall meaning.
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