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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction:.
Intellectuals: From Modern Legislators to Post-modern
Interpreters.
1. Paul Radin, or an Aetiology of the Intellectuals.
2. Les philosophes: The Archetype and the Utopia.
3. Sociogenesis of the Power Knowledge Syndrome.
4. Gamekeepers turned Gardeners.
5. Educating People.
6. Discovery of Culture.
7. Ideology, or Building the World of Ideas.
8. The Fall of the Legislator.
9. The Rise of the Interpreter.
10. Two Nations, Mark Two: The Seduced.
11. Two Nations, Mark Two: The Repressed.
12. Conclusions: one too many.
Notes.
Index.
Über den Autor
Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Leeds. His many books have become international bestsellers and have been translated into more than thirty languages. He was awarded the Theodor W. Adorno prize for 1998.
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