{"product_id":"making-the-familiar-unfamiliar-a-conversation-with-peter-haffner-hardback-9781509542307","title":"Making the Familiar Unfamiliar; A Conversation with Peter Haffner (Hardback) 9781509542307","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking the Familiar Unfamiliar\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Conversation with Peter Haffner\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eZygmunt Bauman (Author), Peter Haffner (Author), Daniel Steuer (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509542307, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 September 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e186 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMaking the Familiar Unfamiliar\u003c\/i\u003e could have been the opening episodes of one of the world’s greatest podcasts—if Bauman had lived long enough to continue his conversation with Swiss journalist Peter Haffner.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShepherd Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eShortly before his death, Zygmunt Bauman spent several days in conversation with the Swiss journalist Peter Haffner. Out of these conversations emerged this book in which Bauman shows himself to be the pre-eminent social thinker for which he became world renowned, a thinker who never shied away from addressing the great issues of our time and always strove to interrogate received wisdom and common sense, to make the familiar unfamiliar. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs in Bauman’s work more generally, the personal and the political are interwoven in this book. Bauman’s life, which followed the same trajectory as the social and political upheavals of the 20th century, left its trace on his thought. Bauman describes his upbringing in Poland, military service in the Red Army, working for the Polish Secret Service after the war and expulsion from Poland in 1968, providing personal accounts of the historical events on which he brings his social and political insights to bear. His reflections on history, identity, Jewishness, morality, happiness and love are rooted in his own personal journey through the turbulent events of the 20th century to which he bore witness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese last conversations shed new light on one of the greatest social thinkers of our time, offering a more personal perspective on a man who changed our way of thinking about the modern world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface \u003cp\u003eNote\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLove and Gender Choosing a partner: why we are losing the capacity to love\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExperience and Remembrance Fate: how we make the history that makes us Notes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJewishness and Ambivalence Adaptation: why were Jews attracted to communism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntellect and Commitment Sociology: why it should not separate objective from personal experience\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower and Identity Modernity: on the compulsion to be no one, or become someone else\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSociety and Responsibility Solidarity: why everyone becomes everyone else’s enemy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion and Fundamentalism The end of the world: why it is important to believe in (a non-existent) God\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime travel: where is ‘the beyond’ today?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresent and Future Human waste: who are the witches of modern society?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHappiness and Morality The good life: what does it mean to take off shoes that are too tight?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZygmunt Bauman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJanina Bauman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnd User License Agreement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRead More\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441806995736,"sku":"9781509542307","price":42.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509542307.jpg?v=1785026364","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-the-familiar-unfamiliar-a-conversation-with-peter-haffner-hardback-9781509542307","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}