Liquid modernity
By: Zygmunt Bauman.
Publisher: Polity Press; Blackwell
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Social history -- 1970-; Postmodernism -- Social aspects; Liberty; Individualism; Space and time; Work; Community; Civilisation -- 20e siècle; Postmodernisme -- Aspect social; Liberté; Individu et société; Espace et temps; Travail; Communauté
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-224) and index.