Cover of Liquid modernity

Book 2000

Liquid modernity

29 readers

Publisher
polity
Published
2000
  • Aspect social
  • Civilisation
  • Communauté
  • Community
  • Espace et temps
  • Individu et société
  • Individualism
  • Liberty

In this text, 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 all aspects of the human condition.