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The passage from solid to liquid modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting for individual life pursuits, confronting individuals with a series of challenges never before encountered. Social forms and institutions no longer have enough time to
The production of 'human waste' or more precisely, wasted lives, the 'superfluous' populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts is an inevitable outcome of modernization. It is an unavoidable side-effect of economic progress and
»Ich shoppe, also bin ich ...« - so fasst Zygmunt Bauman den Wandel unserer Gesellschaft zusammen, die sich von einer Gesellschaft der Produzenten in eine Gesellschaft der Konsumenten transformiert. In dieser Verbrauchergesellschaft werden die Individuen
Liquid Love: On the Frailty of Human Bonds This book is about the central figure of our contemporary, 'liquid modern' times the man or woman with no bonds, and particularly with none of the fixed or durable bonds that would allow the effort of se
'Community' is one of those words that feels good: it is good 'to have a community', 'to be in a community'. And 'community' feels good because of the meanings which the word conveys, all of them promising pleasures, and mo
'Liquid life is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid-modern society cannot keep its shape for long. Liquid life is a precarious life, lived under conditions of constan
We have long since lost our faith in the idea that human beings could achieve human happiness in some future ideal statea state that Thomas More, writing five centuries ago, tied to a topos , a fixed place, a land, an island, a sovereign state under a wis
Globalisering. Et enkelt ord, der står for meget og er meget oppe i tiden. 'Globalisering' er et modeord, der med tiden bliver mindre og mindre præcis, desto flere områder ordet eftersigende skulle belyse. Med "Globalisering" har Zygmunt
'Globalization' is a word that is currently much in use. This book is an attempt to show that there is far more to globalization than its surface manifestations. Unpacking the social roots and social consequences of globalizing processes, this boo
In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a 'heavy' and 'solid', hardware-focused modernity to a 'light' and 'liquid', software-based modernity. This passage, he argues, has brought profound change to al
Sociology is concerned with modern society, but has never come to terms with one of the most distinctive and horrific aspects of modernity - the Holocaust. The book examines what sociology can teach us about the Holocaust, but more particularly concentrat
Modern civilization, Bauman argues, promised to make our lives understandable and open to our control. This has not happened and today we no longer believe it ever will. In this book, now available in paperback, Bauman argues that our postmodern age is th
With the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers. In this new consumer society, individuals become simultaneously the promoters of commodities and the commodities they promote. They are, at one and t
The book discusses the role of intellectuals in the modern world. Bauman connects this with current analyses of modernity and post-modernity. The theme of the book is that the tasks of intellectuals change from being 'legislators' to 'interpre
Hvad sker der, når samfundet udvikler sig fra et producentsamfund til et forbrugersamfund, og dermed fra et samfund styret af arbejdsetikken til et samfund styret af forbrugets æstetik? Hvad er konsekvenserne af overgangen fra et samfund, der har brug for
Ved at knytte sig til et andet menneske vinder man noget og afgiver noget andet. Det moderne menneske er selektivt og vil opnå alle goderne både ved monogamiets sikre og solide verden, og polygamiets pirrende, men usikre livsform. Som små Pinocchioer, der
Society is under siege - under attack on two fronts: from the global frontier-land where old structures and rules do not hold and new ones are slow to take shape, and from the fluid, undefined domain of life politics. The space between these two fronts, u
”Fællesskab” er en tankevækkende bog, der diskuterer fællesskabers flertydige effekt på den postmoderne tilværelse. At være en del af et fællesskab giver på den ene side tryghed, men begrænser på den anden side ens personlige frihed. Ved at ko
Den polsk-engelske professor i sociologi Zygmunt Bauman har igennem de sidste mange år været en anerkendt ekspert på sit felt. Her i "Fagre flydende verden" kan man læse en samling af hans tekster, udgivet indenfor de seneste 15 år. "Fagre
I de gode gamle dage var Rockefeller optaget af at eje stadig flere boreplatforme, bygninger, maskiner og jernbaner. I dag har den nye kapitalismes ikon, Bill Gates, gjort det til et succes-parameter, at nye produkter forsvinder lige så hurtigt som de lan
I Modernitet og Holocaust undersøger den polsk-jødiske sociolog Zygmunt Bauman, hvad Holocaust - det nazistiske regimes ombringelse af 6 millioner jøder - kan lære os om modernitetens væsen. En af hans hovedpointer er, at menneskeudryddelserne ikke blot v
Reviewers comments on the first edition Zygmunt Bauman presents a cogently argued and compelling thesis... an important book from a distinguished scholar, that adds a new dimension to the poverty debate. British Journal of Sociology It will be of great in
Zygmunt Bauman's powerful and persuasive study of the postmodern perspective on ethics is particularly welcome. For Bauman the great issues of ethics have lost none of their topicality: they simply need to be seen, and dealt with, in a wholly new way.
Life in Fragments is a continuation of the themes and motifs explored in Zygmunt Bauman's acclaimed study, Postmodern Ethics (Blackwell, 1993). Described by Richard Sennett as a major event in social theory, Postmodern Ethics subverted the pieties of
The passage from 'solid' to 'liquid' modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting for individual life pursuits, confronting individuals with a series of challenges never before encountered. Social forms and institutions no longer
We have long since lost our faith in the idea that human beings could achieve human happiness in some future ideal statea state that Thomas More, writing five centuries ago, tied to a topos , a fixed place, a land, an island, a sovereign state under a wis