num_pages: 120
description: Bauman (sociology, U. of Leeds) analyzes freedom as a social relation rather than as an idea or postulate. Throughout history, he shows, freedom was a privilege enjoyed in relation to either superior or weaker power. Today, "seduction" tends to replace repression as a means of social control, and individual freedom is, above all, freedom of the consumer. A paper edition is available ($10.95; 1757-0). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Freedom
titlecomplete: Freedom (Concepts in Social Thought)
genres: Sociology, Philosophy, Politics
ratings_count: 131
publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr