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Intimacy in Postmodern Times

A Friendship with Zygmunt Bauman
By Peter Beilharz
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Intimacy in Postmodern Times by Peter Beilharz explores the complexities of personal and societal relationships in a rapidly changing world. Through a blend of academic insights and personal reflections, the author examines how postmodern culture influences intimacy and connections. This thought-provoking examination provides a unique perspective on navigating relationships in contemporary times without giving away any specific narrative details.
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Intimacy in Postmodern Times

This book says farewell to Zygmunt Bauman by reflecting on the author's thirty-year collaboration with him. Using his own archives and published work, Peter Beilharz establishes the nature of their friendship and the development of their respective intellectual projects on modernity, the postmodern and the present crisis.

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Zygmunt Bauman was one of the most important social theorists of recent decades. He did major work on the Holocaust, the postmodern, and much else, with up to fifty-eight books in English on almost as many topics.

In Intimacy in Postmodern Times, Australian sociologist Peter Beilharz, Bauman's collaborator for thirty years, recounts the details of their relationship, simultaneously charting the changes that have occurred in academic life from the 1980s to today.

Friendship was one of the bonds that made Bauman and Beilharz's intellectual collaboration possible. Though the two were worlds apart in terms of biography and place, their work together was defined by a certain kind of intimacy. Separated by a generation, they collaborated for a generation together.

This book follows their story in touching detail while puzzling over Bauman's rich yet contested legacy.

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Intimacy in Postmodern Times by Peter Beilharz is lauded for its exploration of the intellectual and personal relationship between Beilharz and renowned social theorist Zygmunt Bauman. Reviews highlight the memoir as a profound insight into the emotional and intellectual exchanges that shaped both men's careers, capturing their friendship, shared ideas, and contributions to sociology. The book is praised for its reflective narrative and the deep exploration of academic collaboration, making it a compelling read for those interested in intellectual history and social theory.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526132154

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Illustration: 8 black & white illustrations

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 240

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Biography & Memoir Education & Reference Non-Fiction Peter Beilharz

About the Author

Peter Beilharz is Professor of Culture and Society at Curtin University and Professor of Critical Theory at Sichuan University. He is the author of more than a dozen books and a founding editor of the journal Thesis Eleven.

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