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An Interview with Zygmunt Bauman: How to Turn the Word into Flesh
Sławomir Czapniksubject
intellectualsSociology and Political Sciencemedia_common.quotation_subjectCreative freedomPolitical authority0507 social and economic geographyVitalityKey issuesacademicSociologymedia_commonLiteraturebusiness.industryModernity05 social sciencesliquid modernirty050301 educationGeneral Social SciencesCapitalismPostmodernismexpertAestheticsHermeneuticsbusiness050703 geography0503 educationZygmunt Baumandescription
Deceased in January this year, the Polish-British sociologist Zygmunt Bauman has left an extremely rich scholarly legacy. In one of his last academic interviews, he refers to the key issues which had been the subject of his in-depth analysis for many years. Bauman starts with reflections on the gap between political authority and power. Next, given his long-standing research into ‘liquid modernity’, he focuses on the vitality of capitalism, which has now adopted a lighter, consumer form. Another thread of the interview is Bauman’s own research attitude, which he refers to as ‘sociological hermeneutics’. It is characterized by his reluctance to use any ‘-isms’ and a profound mistrust of all particular schools of research (including postmodernism) which could limit creative freedom. In the final part of the interview, Bauman highlights the problem of the social entanglement of intellectuals.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-01 | Theory, Culture & Society |