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Liquid Modernity by Zygmunt Bauman
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Liquid Modernity (original 1999; edition 2000)

by Zygmunt Bauman

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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, hasbrought profound change to all aspects of the human condition. Thenew remoteness and un-reachability of global systemic structurecoupled with the unstructured and under-defined, fluid state of theimmediate setting of life-politics and human togetherness, call forthe rethinking of the concepts and cognitive frames used to narratehuman individual experience and their joint history. This book is dedicated to this task. Bauman selects five of thebasic concepts which have served to make sense of shared human life- emancipation, individuality, time/space, work and community - andtraces their successive incarnations and changes of meaning. Liquid Modernity concludes the analysis undertaken inBauman's two previous books Globalization: The HumanConsequences and In Search of Politics. Together thesevolumes form a brilliant analysis of the changing conditions ofsocial and political life by one of the most original thinkerswriting today.… (more)
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Bauman's prose is clean and a joy to read. While some of the book is anachronistic (see his entries about Jane Fonda), Bauman is able to open our eyes to the fact that so many things that previously were relied on for support have slipped away from us in our pursuit of ultimate individuality.

Particularly striking is Bauman's hypothesis that liberalism has lead us to this world of individuality which, while allows us to make our own way in the world and find our own purpose, when things go wrong, it is equally up to us to take care of ourselves. Social safety nets and a sense of community have all been reduced to near nothingness and this hyper-individuality removes our connection to the concept of the citizen while yearning to be part of something greater.

He leaves me thinking about how we can find a middle ground between communitarianism and individualism, how we can rekindle the spirit of citizenship and involvement, and turn the concept of competition to something that benefits ALL people, not just the winners. ( )
  macleod73 | Sep 14, 2022 |

بحث في الحداثة، يعالج تطورها من حال نشأتها - وهو ما أسماه الحداثة الصلبة - إلى حالها الآن، الذي أطلق عليه الحداثة السائلة

ويشرح مظاهر ذلك التطور وتداعياته على الفرد والأمة وبُناها الاجتماعية والفكرية، وتمثُّلات تلك السيولة في موضوعات السياسة العالمية والاقتصاد والفن والإعلام، وذلك في إطار تحليلي نقدي

والكتاب ثري، مكثف الأفكار، محيط بموضوعه من جوانب شتى.. والمؤلف بارع الأسلوب - ثقيله أحياناً - ذو ذائقة أدبية ازدان بها الكتاب، وترجمته جيدة.. وهو مطلع لسلسلة كتب أخرى، تفصّل جوانبه وتشرح محاوره

ولعلّي في حاجة إلى قراءة ثانية له، لهضم جميع أفكاره، وربطها ذهنياً معاً.. وهو مهم وممتع، لا تمله القراءة الثانية
وقد اقتبست منه أشياء، هي دونك أسفل هذه المراجعة
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  AhmedIngeniero | Jul 10, 2020 |
Zymunt Bauman is a Prophet of despair who analysts say is an astute social analyst (citation needed)who never puts himself into the shoes of the lives he examines. ( )
  wonderperson | Mar 29, 2013 |
este libro nos narra un poco acerca de la sociedad en la que nos encontramos, partiendo inicialmente desde donde se forma cultura. Atrapando al lector con su interesante forma de ver la sociedad, de una manera reflexiva y crítica del entorno en el que nos encontramos.
  mayrarios | Feb 10, 2012 |
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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, hasbrought profound change to all aspects of the human condition. Thenew remoteness and un-reachability of global systemic structurecoupled with the unstructured and under-defined, fluid state of theimmediate setting of life-politics and human togetherness, call forthe rethinking of the concepts and cognitive frames used to narratehuman individual experience and their joint history. This book is dedicated to this task. Bauman selects five of thebasic concepts which have served to make sense of shared human life- emancipation, individuality, time/space, work and community - andtraces their successive incarnations and changes of meaning. Liquid Modernity concludes the analysis undertaken inBauman's two previous books Globalization: The HumanConsequences and In Search of Politics. Together thesevolumes form a brilliant analysis of the changing conditions ofsocial and political life by one of the most original thinkerswriting today.

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