The book discusses the role of intellectuals in the modern world. Bauman connects this with current analyses of modernity and post-modernity. The theme of the book is that the tasks of intellectuals change from being legislators to interpreters with the transition from modernity to post-modernity.
The book discusses the role of intellectuals in the modern world. Bauman connects this with current analyses of modernity and post-modernity. The theme of the book is that the tasks of intellectuals change from being legislators to interpreters with the transition from modernity to post-modernity.
The book discusses the role of intellectuals in the modern world. Bauman connects this with current analyses of modernity and post-modernity. The theme of the book is that the tasks of intellectuals change from being legislators to interpreters with the transition from modernity to post-modernity.
Astonishing and intriguing. New Society
This is the first book since The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe that I ve read from cover to cover twice ... Bauman s book is endlessly fascinating. Tribune
Enthralling ... a fascinating pot-pourri of contemporary sociological preoccupations. Times Literary Supplement
This is the first book since The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe that I ve read from cover to cover twice ... Bauman s book is endlessly fascinating. Tribune
Enthralling ... a fascinating pot-pourri of contemporary sociological preoccupations. Times Literary Supplement