Postmodernity and Its Discontents - Rilegato

Bauman, Zygmunt

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ISBN 10: 0814713033 ISBN 13: 9780814713037

Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 1997

Riassunto

If, as Freud postulated, modern society assails man's freedom by repressing his sexual expression, then the postmodern era can be said to be defined by the individual's quest for sublime happiness at the expense of security. Society has held to the concepts of beauty, purity, and order for centuries, and now a new worldview has emerged with the individual at its nucleus.

Framed by discussions of such thinkers as Michel Foucault, Emannuel Levinas, Hans Jones and Richard Rorty,Postmodernity and Its Discontents explores this brave new era, tackling head-on such issues as the postmodernization of surveillance and social control; the often tenuous threads binding morality, ethics, and freedom together; contemporary artistic and aesthetic theory; and the complex associations between solidarity, difference and freedom.

Arguing that you need most what you lack most, internationally renowned scholar Zygmunt Bauman asserts that freedom without security assures no greater happiness than security without freedom. In this thoughtful, nuanced volume, Bauman searches for a balance between the two, tipping the scales of the postmodern world decidedly in our favor.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: New York Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0814713033
• ISBN 13: 9780814713037
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 221