Zygmunt Bauman’s legacy as a leading thinker on modernity and its discontents is explored with new insights in Michael Hviid Jacobsen’s edited volume, The Anthem Companion to Zygmunt Bauman. This review delves into how well the book captures the essence of Bauman’s thought across different stages of his career.
Undoubtedly, Bauman represented one of the most influential representatives of contemporary sociological thought. Born in Poznań on 19 November 1925 to Jewish parents, in 1939, following the Nazi invasion of Poland, he was forced to flee to the Soviet occupation zone where…
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