Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; How Zygmunt Bauman became Zygmunt Bauman: history and biography; The unmaking of a Communist identity; Modernity and the Holocaust; The liquid turn; Conclusion: why good people do bad things; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Shaun Best, University of Manchester, UK

Reviews

'Zygmunt Bauman is generally considered one of "the greats" of contemporary sociological thought. By arguing that, as a sociologist, Bauman is mainly an "intellectual entrepreneur", and through discussing his failure to deal with his past activities in Stalinist Poland, Shaun Best gives us a thought-provoking reappraisal of both the man and his work.' Antonia Kupfer, University of Southampton, UK '... the book contains a revealing story, and as such it makes good reading.' Contemporary Sociology