Zygmunt Bauman Dialectic of Modernity Author:Peter Beilharz Zygmunt Bauman is one of the giants of twentieth-century social thought. What are his key ideas? How can we understand his work in relation to broader social theory? Why is his work so significant?This measured and thoughtful book provides a comprehensive critical commentary on Bauman's social theory. It explores the roots of his ideas in questi... more »ons of capital and labour, and explains how these ideas flourished in Bauman's later writings on culture, intellectuals, utopia, the holocaust, modernity and postmodernism. Bauman's work has been wide-ranging and ambitious. This book fulfils the objective of providing an authoritative critical guide to this essential thinker.« less