Book, Essays on the concept of culture[LS]

Culture - Bauman teaches - is a natural enemy of alienation, an audacious human movement to free itself from necessity and conquer freedom of creation. In this book, the sociologist makes a critical review of the concept of culture in the social sciences, covering a long path, from the ancient Greeks to post-structuralism. In each of the three essays, he examines the main currents of thought that have studied the meaning of culture in society. Thus, it clears up much of the confusion produced by the attempt to integrate the cultural process within scientific discourse and presents an innovative proposal: aligning cultural phenomena and manifestations in the field of praxis - the free, universal, creative and self-creative activity through which men transform the world in which they live. A book that reflects Bauman at his best in terms of depth, subtlety and insight.