Zygmunt Bauman is a Polish-born sociologist who, since 1971, has resided in England after being driven there by an anti-Semitic purge organized by the Communist Party of Poland. Professor of sociology at the University of Leeds (and since 1990 emeritus professor), Bauman has become best known for his analyses of the links between modernity and the Holocaust and of postmodern consumerism. Wikipedia
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Profile Passion and pessimism Zygmunt Bauman has known the terror of war and the trauma of exile. books.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4640858-110738,00.html
An account of why old ethical arguments no longer stand up and of how we should think about the new ethical landscape in which we live. www.demos.co.uk/catalogue/aloneagain/
Zygmunt Bauman is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, having served as Professor of Sociology and, at various times, Head of Department at Leeds from 1972 until his retirement in 1990. He was formerly of the University of Warsaw until 1968 and the Universit www.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/people/bauman.htm
