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Description

In this new book, 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. The new remoteness and... read more

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First Sentence

As today and our own situation, i think we are faced with a novel situation in history, because today we have to be liberated from a relatively well functioning, rich, powerful society . . .

Authors & Contributors

  1. Zygmunt Bauman (Author)

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