Zygmunt Bauman
Polish philosopher and sociologist (1925-2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zygmunt Bauman (19 November 1925 – 9 January 2017[1]) was a Polish-British sociologist and philosopher. He had been living in England since 1971.
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Born | (1925-11-19)November 19, 1925 |
Died | 9 January 2017(2017-01-09) (aged 91) |
Alma mater | University of Warsaw London School of Economics |
Era | 20th / 21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy · Western Marxism |
Main interests | Ethics · Political philosophy · Sociology · Postmodernity · Postmodern art |
Notable ideas | Modernity's struggle with ambiguity, resulting in the Holocaust · postmodern ethics · critique of "liquid" modernity |
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