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In Praise of Literature

By: Zygmunt Bauman,Riccardo Mazzeo

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In this new book Zygmunt Bauman and Riccardo Mazzeo examine the contentious issue of the relation between literature (and the arts in general) and sociology (or, more generally, a branch of the humanities claiming scientific status). While many commentators see literature and sociology as radically different vocations, Bauman and Mazzeo argue that they are bound together by a common purpose and a shared subject matter. Despite the many differences in terms of their methods and their ways of presenting their findings, novels and sociological texts are not at cross-purposes. Indeed, it is precisely their differences that make them at once indispensable to each other and mutually complementary. The writers of novels and of sociological texts may explore their world from different perspectives, seeking and producing different types of ‘data’, but their products bear the unmistakable marks of their shared origin. They feed each other and depend on each other in terms of their agenda, their discoveries and the contents of their messages. In a world characterized by the continuous search for new sensations and the fetishism of consumption, they bring fundamental existential questions back to the public agenda. Literature and sociology reveal the truth of the human condition only when they stay in one another's company, remaining attentive to each other's findings and engaged in a continuous dialogue. For only together can they rise to the challenging task of untangling and laying bare the complex intertwining of biography and history as well as of individual and society that totality we are constantly shaping while being shaped by it.

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John Wiley & Sons

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150950270X

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Wind and Whirlwind: Utopian and Dystopian Themes in Literature and Philosophy

By: Ágnes Heller,Riccardo Mazzeo

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Wind and Whirlwind: Utopian and Dystopian Themes in Literature and Philosophy

By: Ágnes Heller,Riccardo Mazzeo

In Wind and Whirlwind the great philosopher Ágnes Heller and social scientist Riccardo Mazzeo explain the pros and cons of utopias and dystopias as they are described in literary works and their relevance to understand the world we live in and the hidden consequences of apparently appealing life trajectories.

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BRILL

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9004410279

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9789004410275

On Education

Conversations with Riccardo Mazzeo

By: Zygmunt Bauman,Riccardo Mazzeo

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On Education

Conversations with Riccardo Mazzeo

By: Zygmunt Bauman,Riccardo Mazzeo

What is the role of education in a world where we no longer have a clear vision of the future and where the idea of a single, universal model of humanity seems like the residue of a bygone age? What role should educators play in a world where young people find themselves faced with deep uncertainty about their future, where the prospects of securing a stable, long-term career seem increasingly remote and where intensified population movements have created more diverse communities in which different cultures find themselves living side by side, no longer bound together by the belief that the other would eventually be assimilated into ‘our' culture? Faced with the bewildering features of our liquid modern world, many young people are inclined to withdraw - in some cases into the online world of games and virtual relationships, in other cases into anorexia, depression, alcohol or even drug abuse, hoping to find shelter from a world perceived as more and more dangerous. Others launch into more violent forms of behaviour, like street gangs and the looting carried out by young people who have been excluded from the temples of consumption but are eager to participate in the ceremony. And all this happens while our politicians look on, uncomprehending and indifferent. In this short book Zygmunt Bauman - the leading social theorist of our liquid modern world, here in conversation with Riccardo Mazzeo - reflects on the predicament of young people today and on the role of education and the educator in a world where the certainties of our predecessors can no longer be taken for granted.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0745662056

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9780745662053

The Contentious Politics of Expertise

Experts, Activism and Grassroots Environmentalism

By: Riccardo Emilio Chesta

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The Contentious Politics of Expertise

Experts, Activism and Grassroots Environmentalism

By: Riccardo Emilio Chesta

Based on mixed-methods research and ethnographic fieldwork at various sites in Italy, this book examines the relationship between expertise and activism in grassroots environmentalism. Presenting interviews with citizens, activists and experts, it considers activism surrounding infrastructure in urban areas, in connection with water management, transport, tour- ism and waste disposal. Through comparisons between different political environments, the author analyses the ways in which citizens, political activists and technical experts participate in using expertise, shedding light on the effects of this on the structure and composition of social movements, as well as the implications for the mechanisms of participation and the formation of alliances. Bridging the sociology of expertise and contentious politics, this study of the relationship between contentious expertise and democratic accountability shows how conflict transforms, rather than inhibits, expertise production into a ‘contentious politics by other means’. As such, it will appeal to social scientists with interests in social movements, environmental sociology, science and technology studies, and the sociology of knowledge.

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Routledge

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1000334910

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On Education

Conversations with Riccardo Mazzeo

By: Zygmunt Bauman,Riccardo Mazzeo

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On Education

Conversations with Riccardo Mazzeo

By: Zygmunt Bauman,Riccardo Mazzeo

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In Praise of Literature

By: Zygmunt Bauman,Riccardo Mazzeo

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Wind and Whirlwind: Utopian and Dystopian Themes in Literature and Philosophy

By: Ágnes Heller,Riccardo Mazzeo

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By: Ágnes Heller,Riccardo Mazzeo

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In Praise of Literature

In Praise of Literature

Wind and Whirlwind: Utopian and Dystopian Themes in Literature and Philosophy

Wind and Whirlwind: Utopian and Dystopian Themes in Literature and Philosophy

On Education

On Education

The Contentious Politics of Expertise

The Contentious Politics of Expertise

On Education

On Education

In Praise of Literature

In Praise of Literature

Wind and Whirlwind: Utopian and Dystopian Themes in Literature and Philosophy

Wind and Whirlwind: Utopian and Dystopian Themes in Literature and Philosophy

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