Liquid Life

Name: Liquid Life
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ISBN: 9780745635156

ISBN-10: 0745635156

ISBN-13: 9780745635156

Edition: 2006

Authors: Zygmunt Bauman

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'Liquid life' is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid-modern society cannot keep its shape for long. Liquid life is a precarious life, lived under conditions of constant uncertainty.The most acute and stubborn worries that haunt this liquid life are the fears of being caught napping, of failing to catch up with fast moving events, of overlooking the 'use by' dates and being saddled with worthless possessions, of missing the moment calling for a change of tack and being left behind. Liquid life is also shot through by a contradiction: it ought to be a (possibly unending) series of new beginnings, yet…

Book details

List price: $23.75
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 6/24/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.594



Introduction: On Living in a Liquid-Modern World



The Individual Under Siege



From Martyr to Hero, and from Hero to Celebrity



Culture: Obstreperous and Unmanageable



Seeking Shelter in a Pandora Box or Fear, Security and the City



Consumers in Liquid-Modern Times


Consuming Life


Consuming Body


Consuming Childhood



Learning to Walk in Quicksand



Thinking in Dark Times (Arendt and Adorno Revisited)


Notes


Index