In einem berührenden und überzeugenden Essay plädiert der berühmte Philosoph für Orte der Begegnung, um die Verunsicherung der modernen Menschen und ihre Fremdenangst abzubauen. Der Raum für Begegnungen kann nur die Stadt sein, wo sich...

Conversations with Zygmunt Bauman von Bauman, Zygmunt

Sketches in the Theory of Culture von Bauman, Zygmunt

The passage from 'solid' to 'liquid'modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting forindividual life pursuits, confronting individuals with a series ofchallenges never before encountered. Social forms and institutionsno longer...

The uncanny frailty of human bonds, the feeling of insecurity that frailty inspires, and the conflicting desires to tighten the bonds yet keep them loose, are the principal themes of this work by Zygmunt Bauman. von Bauman, Zygmunt

Refugees from the violence of wars and the brutality of famished lives have knocked on other people's doors since the beginning of time. For the people behind the doors, these uninvited guests were always strangers, and strangers tend to...

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...

Der Holocaust wurde inmitten der modernen Gesellschaft konzipiert und durchgeführt, in einer hochentwickelten Zivilisation und im Umfeld außergewöhnlicher kultureller Leistungen; er muss daher als Problem dieser Gesellschaft,...

We have long since lost our faith in the idea that human beings could achieve human happiness in some future ideal state - a state that Thomas More, writing five centuries ago, tied to a topos, a fixed place, a land, an island, a...

Wir leben im Zeitalter der Angst - höchste Zeit, den Klassiker von Zygmunt Bauman zu lesen, der hier endlich zum ersten Mal deutsch vorliegt. Viele Katastrophen haben wir schon hinter uns, an die Fernsehbilder haben wir uns gewöhnt, aber...

'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...

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...