Postmodernity And Its Discontents

Author : Zygmunt Bauman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745656854

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Postmodernity and its Discontents by Zygmunt Bauman Pdf

When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freud's analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. The regulation of desire turns from an irritating necessity into an assault against individual freedom. In the postmodern era, the liberty of the individual is the overriding value, the criterion in terms of which all social rules and regulations are assessed. Postmodernity is governed by the 'will to happiness': the result, however, is a sacrificing of security. The most prominent anxieties in our society today, Bauman shows, derive from the removal of security. The world is experienced as overwhelmingly uncertain, uncontrollable and frightening. Totalitarian politics frightened by its awesome power; the new social disorder frightens by its lack of consistency and direction. The very pursuit of individual happiness corrupts and undermines those systems of authority needed for a stable life. This book builds imaginatively upon Bauman's earlier contributions to social theory. It consolidates his reputation as the interpreter of postmodernity. The book will appeal to second-year undergraduates and above in sociology, cultural studies, philosophy and anthropology.

Author : Ann E. Kaplan
Publisher : Verso
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1988-11-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0860919250

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Postmodernism and Its Discontents by Ann E. Kaplan Pdf

Author : Anthony Elliott,Charles C. Lemert
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0415351529

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The New Individualism by Anthony Elliott,Charles C. Lemert Pdf

This fascinating and easy to read book offers new insights into the interplay between increasing globalization and the rise of the new individualism. It will be of interest to everyone concerned with the future of the public spheres, progressive

Author : Steven Best,Douglas Kellner
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1572302216

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The Postmodern Turn by Steven Best,Douglas Kellner Pdf

This book presents a groundbreaking analysis of the emergence of a pos tmodern paradigm in theory, the arts, science, and politics. From the authors of Postmodern Theory, the much-acclaimed introduction to key p ostmodern thinkers and themes, The Postmodern Turn ranges over diverse intellectual and artistic terrain--from architecture, painting, liter ature, music, and politics, to the physical and biological sciences. C ritically engaging postmodern theory and culture, Steven Best and Doug las Kellner illuminate our momentous transition between a modernist pa st and a future struggling to define itself.

Author : Paul Hollander
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351325387

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Discontents by Paul Hollander Pdf

What ails people at the present time in Western and especially American society is an inexhaustible subject. Discussion of these discontents in the United States in the last decade of the twentieth century leads to an obvious question: How much and what kind of discontents are possible in a society that has experienced over a decade of economic growth, close to full employment, hardly any inflation, falling crime rates, declining teenage pregnancies, and other good things? Is there anything to worry about in a country that has become the undisputed superpower of the world and no longer faces another hostile superpower such as the Soviet Union used to be? Paul Hollander wrestles with these and other questions in seeking to understand conditions and developments within American culture and society in the context of their relationship to political systems, movements and ideas critical of the United States and Western values. Hollander examines disparate phenomena, such as the O.J. Simpson case, the banning of West Side Story in Amherst, Massachusetts, the popularity and exposu of Rigoberta Menchu, and the appeal of sports utility vehicles, which shed light on the major themes of the volume. Topics include conflicts among American intellectuals (including disputes over the Kosovo intervention), the impact of postmodernism on higher education, the persisting appeal of victimhood in American society, the flaws of American sociology, academic specialists' failure to anticipate the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the new anti-Americanism in postcommunist societies. Among topics of historical interest are a survey of Western judgments and misjudgments of the communist systems; examination of the relative neglect of political violence in communist states, and analysis of officially enforced, secular-religious cult of communist rulers. Many of these writings are linked to the author's longstanding interest in why people accept or reject particular political systems and in the contradictory human needs and desires which condition and limit the pursuit of social and political ends. Sociologists, political scientists, and the general reader will find this book of great interest.

Author : Mark Davis,Zygmunt Bauman
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0754672719

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Freedom and Consumerism by Mark Davis,Zygmunt Bauman Pdf

Mark Davis offers a critical enquiry into the sociology of Zygmunt Bauman, focusing on his English-language writings from the 1960s onwards. The book contributes to sociological debates about modern society by offering an interpretation of Bauman's work b

Author : James L. Marsh,John D. Caputo,Merold Westphal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015022274883

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Modernity and Its Discontents by James L. Marsh,John D. Caputo,Merold Westphal Pdf

Contemporary philosophy are by no means simply the exposition and defense of Habermas and Derrida, for Marsh and Caputo bring to the discussion their own long formation in continental philosophy as interpreted and practiced in North America. Moreover, given their even longer formation in the Christian tradition, they are not bound by the dogmatic secularism of Habermas and Derrida. But the point of contact is not so much religious as political, and the fundamental.

Author : Rob Warner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441183859

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Secularization and Its Discontents by Rob Warner Pdf

Secularization and Its Discontents provides an illuminating overview of major current debates in the sociology of religion, exploring changing patterns of religious practice in the West during the past 150 years. Examining classical secularization theory as well as modified versions that allow for difference between national and social contexts, Rob Warner also explores the proposed post-secularization paradigm, as well as its close offshoot, rational choice theory. Possibilities for a spiritual revolution and the feminisation of religion are scrutinised, and also theories of the durability of conservative religion. The author goes on to develop a new interpretation of resilient religion from an analysis of 21st century trends in religious participation. These are categorised as entrepreneurial and experiential-therapeutic, before the volume finally focuses upon individual identity construction through autonomous religious consumption. This book provides a clear and penetrating overview of theoretical frameworks and develops a new theoretical synthesis derived from fresh examination of empirical data, and will be of interest to academics and students in religious studies, practical theology and the sociology of religion.

Author : Paul Hollander
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138509221

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Discontents by Paul Hollander Pdf

What ails people at the present time in Western and especially American society is an inexhaustible subject. Discussion of these discontents in the United States in the last decade of the twentieth century leads to an obvious question: How much and what kind of discontents are possible in a society that has experienced over a decade of economic growth, close to full employment, hardly any inflation, falling crime rates, declining teenage pregnancies, and other good things? Is there anything to worry about in a country that has become the undisputed superpower of the world and no longer faces another hostile superpower such as the Soviet Union used to be? Paul Hollander wrestles with these and other questions in seeking to understand conditions and developments within American culture and society in the context of their relationship to political systems, movements and ideas critical of the United States and Western values. Hollander examines disparate phenomena, such as the O.J. Simpson case, the banning of West Side Story in Amherst, Massachusetts, the popularity and exposu of Rigoberta Menchu, and the appeal of sports utility vehicles, which shed light on the major themes of the volume. Topics include conflicts among American intellectuals (including disputes over the Kosovo intervention), the impact of postmodernism on higher education, the persisting appeal of victimhood in American society, the flaws of American sociology, academic specialists' failure to anticipate the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the new anti-Americanism in postcommunist societies. Among topics of historical interest are a survey of Western judgments and misjudgments of the communist systems; examination of the relative neglect of political violence in communist states, and analysis of officially enforced, secular-religious cult of communist rulers. Many of these writings are linked to the author's longstanding interest in why people accept or reject particular political systems and in the contradictory human needs and desires which condition and limit the pursuit of social and political ends. Sociologists, political scientists, and the general reader will find this book of great interest.

Author : Stephen R. C. Hicks
Publisher : Scholargy Publishing, Inc.
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1592476422

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Explaining Postmodernism by Stephen R. C. Hicks Pdf

Author : Lieven Boeve,Lambert Leijssen
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9042910674

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Sacramental Presence in a Postmodern Context by Lieven Boeve,Lambert Leijssen Pdf

The second biannual congress of the Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology (LEST II, Nov. 3-6, 1999) was dedicated to a fundamental theological reflection on the question of how to conceive of 'sacramental presence in a postmodern context'. This volume contains the main lectures presented at the conference, as well as the formal responses to those lectures and a selection of supplementary papers. These papers examine the Christian claim that God is present in human history, in the light of the contemporary rethinking of the relationship between transcendence and immanence. In addition to an extensive introductory paper by L. Boeve, contributions include, among others, M.-C. Bingemer, L.-M. Chauvet, G. De Schrijver, K. Hart, W. Jeanrond, F. Kerr, J.-Y. Lacoste, T. Merrigan, P. Moyaert, D. Power, I. Verhack and G. Ward.

Author : Zygmunt Bauman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Liberty
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017668653

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Tourists and Vagabonds by Zygmunt Bauman Pdf

Author : Haggag Ali
Publisher : International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781642052558

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Books-In-Brief: Mapping the Secular Mind by Haggag Ali Pdf

The secular mind had a grand plan, to establish an earthly paradise, a utopia of the here and now, a modern civilization governed by human reason, rationality, and the triumph of progress. Whilst ideals are one thing, the means to realize them is something else. Away from the hype, emancipating humanity from the ‘shackles’ of God and religion has proved no easy matter. Mapping the Secular Mind critically examines issues of reason, rationality, and secular materialism, to explore how these mental perceptions, or ways of mapping the world, have affected human interaction and sociological development.

Author : C. Kocela
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230109988

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Fetishism and Its Discontents in Post-1960 American Fiction by C. Kocela Pdf

This study explores the concept of fetishism as a strategy for expressing social and political discontent in American literature, and for negotiating traumatic experiences particular to the second half of the twentieth century.

Author : Paul Hollander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 135132540X

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Discontents by Paul Hollander Pdf

"What ails people at the present time in Western and especially American society is an inexhaustible subject. Discussion of these discontents in the United States in the last decade of the twentieth century leads to an obvious question: How much and what kind of discontents are possible in a society that has experienced over a decade of economic growth, close to full employment, hardly any inflation, falling crime rates, declining teenage pregnancies, and other good things? Is there anything to worry about in a country that has become the undisputed superpower of the world and no longer faces another hostile superpower such as the Soviet Union used to be? Paul Hollander wrestles with these and other questions in seeking to understand conditions and developments within American culture and society in the context of their relationship to political systems, movements and ideas critical of the United States and Western values. Hollander examines disparate phenomena, such as the O.J. Simpson case, the banning of West Side Story in Amherst, Massachusetts, the popularity and exposu of Rigoberta Menchu, and the appeal of sports utility vehicles, which shed light on the major themes of the volume. Topics include conflicts among American intellectuals (including disputes over the Kosovo intervention), the impact of postmodernism on higher education, the persisting appeal of victimhood in American society, the flaws of American sociology, academic specialists' failure to anticipate the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the new anti-Americanism in postcommunist societies. Among topics of historical interest are a survey of Western judgments and misjudgments of the communist systems; examination of the relative neglect of political violence in communist states, and analysis of officially enforced, secular-religious cult of communist rulers. Many of these writings are linked to the author's longstanding interest in why people accept or reject particular political systems and in the contradictory human needs and desires which condition and limit the pursuit of social and political ends. Sociologists, political scientists, and the general reader will find this book of great interest."--Provided by publisher.