Culture as PraxisIn this major work, Zygmunt Bauman seeks to classify the meanings of culture. He distinguishes between culture as a concept, culture as a structure and culture as praxis and analyzes the different ways in which culture has been used in each of these settings. For Bauman, culture is a living, changing aspect of human interaction which must be understood and studied as a universal of human life. At the heart of his approach is the proposition that culture is inherently ambivalent. With a major new introduction to this new edition, this classic work emerges as a crucial link in the development of Bauman's thought. By his own admission, it was the first of his books to grope towards a new kind of social theory, in contrast to the fals |
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| Title | Culture as Praxis Monographs in social theory Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society Social Theory Series Theory, culture & society |
| Author | Zygmunt Bauman |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | SAGE, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0761959890, 9780761959892 |
| Length | 148 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Sociology / General |
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