One subject which captured the imagination of sociologists philosopherspolitical scientists and writers on culture in the 1980s was postmodernism.Society was sa... » 

One subject which captured the imagination of sociologists philosopherspolitical scientists and writers on culture in the 1980s was postmodernism.Society was said to have moved into a new phase which left many of our oldassumptions forlorn and impotent. Zygmunt Bauman was a leading contributor tothe debate. In this book he sets out his essential ideas on the sociologicaland philosophical antecedents of postmodernity. He shows us how to use theconcept without falling into the snares of introspective nihilism or mindlesseuphoria. Where other writers have bogged themselves down in abstractdiscussion Bauman shows us how to use the concept concretely. His discussionof postmodernity and the collapse of communism is a model in this regard. «