The Routledge International Handbook on Zygmunt Bauman
Mark Davis editor Michael Hviid Jacobsen editor Jack Palmer editor Dariusz Brzeziński editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:31st Aug '26
£260.00
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The Routledge International Handbook on Zygmunt Bauman is a major, state‑of‑the‑art collection dedicated to the work and ideas of one of the most renowned intellectuals of the 20th and the 21st centuries.
Bringing together eminent scholars in social sciences and humanities from all over the world, it presents and engages with the most important characteristics of Bauman’s work and life, the key themes of his oeuvre, the relationship between his ideas and intellectuals’ innovations in social sciences and humanities, as well as the application of his work to the analyses of the most pressing contemporary challenges. This volume draws inspiration from significant advances in the understanding of Bauman’s biography and the development of his personal archive, as well as the ongoing project of translating Bauman’s Polish‑language works into English. The handbook, moreover, is significantly international in scope, reflecting Bauman’s status as a global social thinker. The book critically interrogates the reception of Bauman’s ideas, including in regions which have been marginalised in Bauman studies. It will also foreground contemporary developments in the literature on Zygmunt Bauman and showcases the work of an emerging new generation of Bauman scholars who are engaging with and extending Bauman’s work in novel directions.
This important new volume will appeal to a new generation of readers who might find in Bauman a means of orienting themselves in the urgencies of the present conjuncture: climate change, digital society, economic crisis, intensification of migration flows, and more. It will therefore appeal to a wide international readership, including scholars and students of sociology, philosophy, and cultural studies, as well as historians, and literary and art scholars, and contemporary humanities and social sciences more broadly.
“This is the definitive resource in the growing field of what the editors appropriately describe as 'Bauman studies' and which they have done so much to develop. It also includes a wide variety of contributions by scholars who have worked on Bauman and drawn inspiration from his work.”
-- William Outhwaite, FAcSS, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University, UK.
“The extraordinary scope, scale and continuing political and intellectual significance of one of the most penetrating and wide-ranging critical thinkers, cultural sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, is brilliantly affirmed by the depth, range and international authorship of this justifiably monumental Handbook that reveals how Bauman’s multi-faceted thought still offers a deeply relevant guide to our current global perplexities.”
-- Griselda Pollock, Professor Emerita of Social and Critical Histories of Art and Cultural Analysis, University of Leeds, UK.
“This is an exciting and comprehensive Handbook of essays covering the full corpus of Zygmunt Bauman’s oeuvre a single volume. The contributors are eminent scholars from all over the world and together provide a thoroughly interdisciplinary assessment of the major contribution of Bauman to contemporary social thought.”
-- Laurence Ray, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Kent, UK.
“The Routledge International Handbook on Zygmunt Bauman is a comprehensive exploration of one of the most influential social thinkers of our time. Bringing together an international group of outstanding scholars, this volume illuminates Bauman's central concepts. The contributors skilfully trace the development of Bauman's thought while situating it within broader philosophical and sociological debates. Rich in insight and critical depth, this handbook is an indispensable resource for researchers, students, and anyone seeking to understand the fluid, uncertain dynamics of contemporary social life.”
-- Aleksandra Jasińska-Kania, Professor Emerita at Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw, Poland.
"This volume is systematically presented, theoretically sophisticated, engaging and persuasive. Bauman scholars and, indeed, Bauman anoraks such as myself will find much of value here."
-- Shaun Best, Independent Researcher, UK.
"If the twenty-first century is the age of permacrisis, and Zygmunt Bauman remains its most essential interpreter, then this collection is the ideal companion for understanding the continuing relevance of his thought to a world increasingly defined by looming catastrophe."
-- Mark Featherstone,Keele University, UK
ISBN: 9781041172482
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 960g
416 pages