On Education

The book On Education is only tangentially about education. It is a conversation between sociologist Zygmunt Bauman and Italian editor Riccardo Mazzeo that focuses more on the many ways our global consumer culture has detrimentally impacted many aspects of contemporary society. The book provides American readers with a European perspective and confirmation that the social and political challenges facing the United States are widespread. Educators expecting a substantive discussion of educational issues will be disappointed. This book will be of more interest to those concerned with the problems caused by a global consumer culture.