Globalization: The Human Consequences - Couverture souple

Bauman, Zygmunt

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 023111429X ISBN 13 : 9780231114295

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Bauman shows in this detailed history of globalization that while human affairs now take place on a global scale, we are not able to direct events; we can only watch as boundaries, institutions, and loyalties shift in rapid and unpredictable ways. From the way the global economy creates a class of absentee landlords to current prison designs for the criminalized underclass, Bauman dissects globalization in all its manifestations: its effects on the economy, politics, social structures, and even our perceptions of time and space.

Drawing on the works of philosophers, social historians, architects, and theoreticians such as Michel Foucault, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Alfred J. Dunlap, and Le Corbusier, Globalization presents a historical overview of the methods employed to create and define human spaces and institutions, from rural villages to sprawling urban centers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Zygmunt Bauman is emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Leeds and the University of Warsaw. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Liquid Times: Living in an Age of Uncertainty, Consuming Life, Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers? and The Art of Life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 023111429X
• ISBN 13: 9780231114295
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
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