Legislators and Interpreters - Zygmunt Bauman

Legislators and Interpreters

On Modernity, Post-modernity and Intellectuals

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Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
1987
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-0-7456-0136-6 (ISBN)
43,65 inkl. MwSt
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Argues that as the concept of verity has become increasingly contingent, the role of the intellectual has become interpretive rather than legislative. The book then assesses the implications of this change for today's culture.
This book examines the role of intellectuals in modern and post-modern contexts. It argues that as the concept of verity has become increasingly contingent, the role of the intellectual has become interpretive rather than legislative. Bauman assesses the implications of this change for today's culture.

Introduction - intellectuals, from modern legislators to post-modern interpreters; Paul Radin, or the aetiology of intellectuals; les philosophes - the archetype and the utopia; sociogenesis of the power/knowledge syndrome; gamekeepers turned gardeners; educating people; discovery of culture; ideology, or building the world of ideas; the fall of the legislator; the rise of the interpreter; two nations mark two - the seduced, the repressed; conclusions - one too many.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 3.9.1987
Zusatzinfo index
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 220 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10 0-7456-0136-7 / 0745601367
ISBN-13 978-0-7456-0136-6 / 9780745601366
Zustand Neuware
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