The book discusses the role of intellectuals in the modern world. Bauman connects this with current analyses of modernity and post-modernity. The theme of the book is that the tasks of intellectuals change from being 'legislators' to 'interpreters' with the transition from modernity to post-modernity. The book discusses the role of intellectuals in the modern world. Bauman connects this with current analyses of modernity and post-modernity. The theme of the book is that the tasks of intellectuals change from being 'legislators' to 'interpreters' with the transition from modernity to post-modernity.
| ISBN: | 9780745607900 |
| Publication date: | 29th November 1989 |
| Author: | Zygmunt (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw) Bauman |
| Publisher: | Polity Press an imprint of John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Genres: |
History of ideas |