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Hardback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
We are living in an open sea, caught up in a continuous wave, with no fixed point and no instrument to measure distance and the direction of travel. Nothing appears to be in its place any more, and a great deal appears to have no place at all. The principles that have given substance to the democratic ethos, the system of rules that has guided the relationships of authority and the ways in which they are legitimized, the shared values and their hierarchy, our behaviour and our life styles, must be radically revised because they no longer seem suited to ... Read more
We are living in an open sea, caught up in a continuous wave, with no fixed point and no instrument to measure distance and the direction of travel. Nothing appears to be in its place any more, and a great deal appears to have no place at all. The principles that have given substance to the democratic ethos, the system of rules that has guided the relationships of authority and the ways in which they are legitimized, the shared values and their hierarchy, our behaviour and our life styles, must be radically revised because they no longer seem suited to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509507597
SKU
V9781509507597
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Zygmunt Bauman
Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Leeds. Ezio Mauro is an Italian writer and journalist and Editor-in-Chief of La Repubblica.
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