The Routledge International Handbook on Zygmunt Bauman

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 interr