Книги автора Zygmunt Bauman

In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a 'heavy' and 'solid', hardware-focused modernity to a 'light' and 'liquid', s…

'Liquid life’ is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid-mo…

This topical new book by Zygmunt Bauman explores the notion of identity in the modern world. As we grapple with the insecurity and uncertain…

'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 beca…

More than ever before, our conflict-ridden, drifting planet needs the qualities that Europe, unique among the continents, has developed in m…

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…

We are spurred into action by our troubles and fears; but all too often our action fails to address the true causes of our worries. When try…

Zygmunt Bauman is one of the leading figures in contemporary social thought. His work ranges across issues of ethics, culture and politics. …

The term ‘collateral damage' has recently been added to the vocabulary of military forces to refer to the unintended consequences of armed i…

The term ‘collateral damage' has recently been added to the vocabulary of military forces to refer to the unintended consequences of armed i…

This is not a diary: while these observations were recorded in autumn 2010 and spring 2011 in the form of dated entries, they are not a pers…

‘Today the smallest details of our daily lives are tracked and traced more closely than ever before, and those who are monitored often coope…

In its original formulation, ‘culture' was intended to be an agent for change, a mission undertaken with the aim of educating ‘the people' b…

In this lucid, stimulating and original book, Zygmunt Bauman and Tim May explore the underlying assumptions and tacit expectations which str…

Shortly before his death, Zygmunt Bauman spent several days in conversation with the Swiss journalist Peter Haffner. Out of these conversati…

Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in …

In this new book Zygmunt Bauman and Riccardo Mazzeo examine the contentious issue of the relation between literature (and the arts in genera…