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    Postmodernity and Its Discontents

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    Postmodernity and Its Discontents
    AuthorZygmunt Bauman
    CountryEngland
    LanguageEnglish
    SubjectSociology, philosophy
    GenreNon-fiction
    PublisherPolity Press (1997)
    Publication date
    		February 1997
    Media typePrint (hardcover / paperback)
    Pages232 pp
    ISBN0745617905

    Postmodernity and Its Discontents is a book written by Zygmunt Bauman, published in 1997. It is considered a landmark in Bauman's studies on postmodernism.[1](Subscription content?)[2](Subscription content?) The title references Sigmund Freud's 1930 book Civilization and Its Discontents.

    Overview

    In his work, Bauman references Sigmund Freud's 1930 book Civilization and Its Discontents in the title, which was concerned with repression.[3]

    He posits that a shift had taken place in modern society in the latter half of the 20th century. It had changed from a society of producers into a society of consumers. According to Bauman, this change reversed the "modern" tradeoff espoused by Freud in his Civilization and Its Discontents, that freedom was given up in exchange for security and order. In Bauman's view of the postmodern society, the 'will to happiness' is a sacrificing of security. Security was given up in exchange for more freedom, freedom to purchase and consume with a sense of constant uncertainty.[3] It establishes a new category of "strangers" who are excluded from society.[citation needed] .

    References

    1. ↑ Kellner, Douglas (February 1998). "Zygmunt Bauman's Postmodern Turn". Theory, Culture and Society 15 (1): 73–86. doi:10.1177/026327698015001008. 
    2. ↑ Webster, Frank (1997-05-08). "When did the doubting start?". https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/when-did-doubting-start/160122.article. Retrieved 27 February 2018. 
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Postmodernity and its Discontents" (in en-us). Wiley. n.d.. https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Postmodernity+and+its+Discontents-p-9780745617909. 




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