Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers? - Couverture souple

Bauman, Zygmunt

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674033515 ISBN 13 : 9780674033511

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most admired social thinkers of our time, seeks to liberate us from the thinking that renders us hopeless in the face of our own domineering governments and threats from unknown forces abroad. He shows us we can give up belief in a hierarchical arrangement of states and powers. He challenges members of the 'knowledge class' to overcome their estrangement from the rest of society. Gracefully, provocatively, Bauman urges us to think in new ways about a newly flexible, newly challenging modern world. As Bauman notes, quoting Vaclav Havel, 'hope is not a prognostication'. It is, alongside courage and will, a mundane, common weapon that is too seldom used.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0674033515
• ISBN 13: 9780674033511
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288