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20세기 대표적인 석학으로 손꼽히고 있는 지그문트 바우만의 <새로운 빈곤>. 이 책의 주요한 테마는 오늘날 우리나라에서도 커다란 사회문제가 되고 있는 빈곤문제이다. 특히 고용을 둘러싼 환경변화나 소비사회의 진전 등에 따른 현대의 새로운 유형인 '신빈곤층'을 다루고 있다.

현대사회가 잉태한 다양한 문제, 즉 세계화, 복지국가의 쇠퇴 등에 대처하는 지그문트 바우만의 이 책은 근대 영국의 공업화의 전개와 전후해서 등장하는 '노동윤리'의 관점에서 현실적인 문제를 제기한다. 빈곤이라는 현재적인 테마를 근대의 초두부터 현대에 이르기까지 광대하고도 균형 있는 시각으로 수록한 책이다.

From one of today's most eminent thinkers--a piercing examination of poverty in the modern age

If "being poor" once derived its meaning from the condition of being unemployed, today it draws its meaning primarily from the plight of a flawed consumer. This distinction truly makes a difference in the way poverty is experienced and in the chances to redeem its misery.

This absorbing book traces this change, and makes an inventory of its social consequences. It also considers ways of fighting back advancing poverty and mitigating its hardships, and tackles the problems of poverty in its present form.

The new edition features:

* Up-to-date coverage of the progress made by key thinkers in the field
* A discussion of recent work on redundancy, disposability, and exclusion
* Explorations of new theories of workable solutions to poverty

Students of sociology, politics, and social policy will find this to be an invaluable text on the changing significance and implications of an enduring social problem.

Zygmunt Bauman is an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Leeds. He is one of the foremost commentators on the postmodern condition. His latest books include Postmodernity and Its Discontents and The Globals and the Locals.

From one of today's most eminent thinkers--a piercing examination of poverty in the modern age

If "being poor" once derived its meaning from the condition of being unemployed, today it draws its meaning primarily from the plight of a flawed consumer. This distinction truly makes a difference in the way poverty is experienced and in the chances to redeem its misery.

This absorbing book traces this change, and makes an inventory of its social consequences. It also considers ways of fighting back advancing poverty and mitigating its hardships, and tackles the problems of poverty in its present form.

The new edition features:

• Up-to-date coverage of the progress made by key thinkers in the field
• A discussion of recent work on redundancy, disposability, and exclusion
• Explorations of new theories of workable solutions to poverty

Students of sociology, politics, and social policy will find this to be an invaluable text on the changing significance and implications of an enduring social problem.

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