Legislators and Interpreters: On Modernity, Postmodernity, and the Intellectual

Author: Zigmunt Bauman
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Publish Date: 2000-11-01
Features: Zigmunt Bauman was a prominent sociologist in Europe during the second half of this century. This book is his masterpiece. In this book, "modernity" and "postmodernity" express the completely different circumstances of the intellectual role, from legislator to interpreter, as well as the corresponding completely different strategies. This book aims to reveal the historical conditions that gave rise to the modern worldview and the strategies of modern intellectuals, to reveal under what social conditions this worldview and its strategies were challenged and partially replaced by another worldview and strategies known as postmodern.