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Author:   Anthony Elliott (University of South Australia, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780415409698

ISBN 10:   0415409691
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   20 July 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Editor’s Introduction Anthony Elliott. Critique: Privatised and Disarmed Zygmunt Bauman Part 1: Liquid Modernity. On Being Light and Liquid Zygmunt Bauman. From Heavy to Light Modernity Zygmunt Bauman 1. The Theory of Liquid Modernity: A Critique of Bauman's Recent Sociology Anthony Elliott 2. From Postmodernity to Liquid Modernity: What’s in a Metaphor? Larry Ray 3. Bauman’s Irony Keith Tester Part 2: Liquid Love. Falling in and out of Love Zygmunt Bauman. On Living in a Liquid Modern World Zygmunt Bauman 4. Gender and Sexualities in Liquid Modernity Ann Branaman 5. Relatively Liquid Interpersonal Relationships in Flexible Work Life Poul Poder 6. Liquid Love: Psychoanalysing Mania Janet Sayers Part 3: Liquid Life. To Each Waste its Dumping Site Zygmunt Bauman. The Reality Principle and the Pleasure Principle Strike a Deal Zygmunt Bauman 7. Liquid Waste, Being Human, and Bodily Death Charles Lemert and Makenna Goodman 8. Solid Modernity, Liquid Utopia: Liquid Modernity, Solid Utopia: Ubiquitous Utopianism as a Trademark of the Work of Zygmunt Bauman Michael Hviid Jacobsen 9. On Bauman’s Sociology of Suffering: Questions for Thinking Iain Wilkinson. Afterword on Writing: On Writing Sociology Zygmunt Bauman

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'Undergraduates might ask if this reader should be seen as a possible entry point for newcomers who are not aware of Bauman’s writings. I do believe so, simply because some of the texts found here are quite clear, especially the first two chapters.' 'Even scholars who are already familiar with Bauman’s books will find some interesting prolongations of his ideas...'-Yves Laberge, Université Laval, in Sociology, vol 44 iss 3

'Even scholars who are already familiar with Bauman's books will find some interesting prolongations of his ideas...' -Yves Laberge, Universite Laval, in Sociology, vol 44 iss 3

'Undergraduates might ask if this reader should be seen as a possible entry point for newcomers who are not aware of Bauman's writings. I do believe so, simply because some of the texts found here are quite clear, especially the first two chapters.' 'Even scholars who are already familiar with Bauman's books will find some interesting prolongations of his ideas...' -Yves Laberge, Universite Laval, in Sociology, vol 44 iss 3

Author Information

Anthony Elliott is Professor of Sociology at Flinders University, Australia. His book, The New Individualism (2005), written with Charles Lemert, is also published by Routledge.

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