Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: This paper shows the analysis of the Zygmunt Bauman’s thought in his marxist period (1960s). Article starts with Bauman’s statement on importance of social sciences and humanities in the building of socialist Poland’s Peoples Republic. Then author analyzes category of „ideology”, a four main modern ideologies: conservative, liberal, ideology of christianity and communist. Next chapter is focused on the issue of class warfare. This paper contains also general characteristics of terms „alienation” and „commodity fetishism” in Marxian thought. Young Bauman was communist and radical follower of the marxism. In conclusion, author in short underlines, that ideology could be helpful in scientific enterprise, but only, if thinker is consciously choosing ideology and knows its strong and weak sides.
Source: Nowa Krytyka
Authors: Sławomir Czapnik, Katarzyna Duda
Institution: University of Opole
Language: English
Topic: Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2614449374