Intimacy in postmodern times: A friendship with Zygmunt Bauman

242 Pages·2020·8.992 MB·English

by  Peter Beilharz

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Intimacy in postmodern

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Intimacy in

postmodern
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A friendship with Zygmunt Bauman
Peter Beilharz
Manchester University Press
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Copyright © Peter Beilharz 2020
The right of Peter Beilharz to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted
by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Published by Manchester University Press
Altrincham Street, Manchester M1 7JA
www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
British Library Cataloguing- in- Publication Data
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ISBN 978 1 5261 3215 4 hardback
First published 2020
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Cover design: Daniel Benneworth-Gray
Typeset by Newgen Publishing UK
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For Keith Tester, 1960– 2019, Hedl Beilharz, 1924– 2019,
Janina Bauman, 1926– 2009, Zygmunt Bauman, 1925– 2017
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Contents

List of illustrations viii
Preface ix
Beginning 1
Part I Itineraries and archives 13
1 First decade 15
2 Second decade 47
3 Third decade 79
Part II Ways of going on 113
4 Entanglements 115
5 Heads up from giants 133
Part III Talking the days 153
6 Working together, at a distance 155
7 Last decade: Bauman writing, reading and talking 170
8 The ‘Bauman phenomenon’: signing out 188
Ending 203
Acknowledgements 205
Bibliography 207
Index 217
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Illustrations

1 The pipette from South Africa. Zygmunt Bauman,
Lawnswood Gardens, 2015. Photo: Sian Supski. 25
2 Bauman at the lectern. Zygmunt Bauman on tour, 2000.
Photo: courtesy of Bauman family. 49
3 The photographer returns. Peter Beilharz, Lawnswood
Gardens, 2003. Photo: Zygmunt Bauman. 69
4 Examining the Stellenbosch copy of Legislators and
Interpreters. Peter Beilharz and Zygmunt Bauman,
Lawnswood Gardens, 2015. Photo: Sian Supski. 93
5 The moment of engagement. Janina Lewinson and Zygmunt
Bauman, Warsaw, 1948. Photo: courtesy of Bauman family. 106
6 Playing with jazz fusion band Serenity. Peter Beilharz,
Melbourne, 1973. Photo: Peter Gawler. 109
7 Bauman in his office, University of Warsaw. Zygmunt Bauman,
Warsaw, 1960(?). Photo: courtesy of Bauman family. 124
8 In thought, à table. Nikolai Beilharz, Lawnswood
Gardens, 2003. Photo: Zygmunt Bauman. 157
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