ISBN: 9780745639871

The passage from ‘solid’ to ‘liquid’ modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting for individual life pursuits, confronting individuals with a series of c… Mehr…

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 solidify and cannot serve as frames of reference for human actions and long-term life plans, so individuals have to find other ways to organise their lives. They have to splice together an unending series of short-term projects and episodes that don’t add up to the kind of sequence to which concepts like ‘career’ and ‘progress’ could meaningfully be applied. Such fragmented lives require individuals to be flexible and adaptable – to be constantly ready and willing to change tactics at short notice, to abandon commitments and loyalties without regret and to pursue opportunities according to their current availability. In liquid modernity the individual must act, plan actions and calculate the likely gains and losses of acting (or failing to act) under conditions of endemic uncertainty. Zygmunt Bauman’s brilliant writings on liquid modernity have altered the way we think about the contemporary world. In this short book he explores the sources of the endemic uncertainty which shapes our lives today and, in so doing, he provides the reader with a brief and accessible introduction to his highly original account, developed at greater length in his previous books, of life in our liquid modern times. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Social Sciences>Cultural Studies>Cultural Studies, Polity Press Core >1<

2007, ISBN: 0745639879

[EAN: 9780745639871], Neubuch, [PU: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Feb 2007], Neuware - The passage from 'solid' to 'liquid'modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting forindividual li… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780745639871], Neubuch, [PU: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Feb 2007], Neuware - 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 have enough time to solidify and cannot serve as framesof reference for human actions and long-term life plans, soindividuals have to find other ways to organise their lives. Theyhave to splice together an unending series of short-term projectsand episodes that don't add up to the kind of sequence towhich concepts like 'career' and 'progress'could meaningfully be applied. Such fragmented lives requireindividuals to be flexible and adaptable - to be constantlyready and willing to change tactics at short notice, to abandoncommitments and loyalties without regret and to pursueopportunities according to their current availability. In liquidmodernity the individual must act, plan actions and calculate thelikely gains and losses of acting (or failing to act) underconditions of endemic uncertainty.Zygmunt Bauman's brilliant writings on liquid modernityhave altered the way we think about the contemporary world. In thisshort book he explores the sources of the endemic uncertainty whichshapes our lives today and, in so doing, he provides the readerwith a brief and accessible introduction to his highly originalaccount, developed at greater length in his previous books, of lifein our liquid modern times. 128 pp. Deutsch, Books<

2007, ISBN: 9780745639871

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[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: John Wiley & Sons], Liquid Times and Living on Borrowed Times offer deep insights into post-modern life. Specifically, it exposes the essential social … Mehr…

[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: John Wiley & Sons], Liquid Times and Living on Borrowed Times offer deep insights into post-modern life. Specifically, it exposes the essential social and philosophical changes th, DE, [SC: 2.95], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Softcover, 128, [GW: 142g], 1. Auflage, Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Geschichte/Politik / Sonstiges - Geschichte/Politik]<

2007, ISBN: 9780745639871

Trade paperback, New in new dust jacket., Cambridge, [PU: Polity Press]