by Zygmunt Bauman · Fondo de Cultura Económica de España · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437507590
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In 'Liquid Modernity', Zygmunt Bauman analyzes the transition from solid modernity to a liquid phase, where social structures dissolve and individuals face constant uncertainty. Bauman examines key concepts such as emancipation, individuality, time/space, work, and community, exploring how they are transformed in this new era. The author highlights deregulation, flexibility, and privatization as central characteristics, where responsibility falls on the individual. This work invites reflection on the challenges and radical changes imposed on the human condition in liquid modernity.
Zygmunt Bauman was a Polish–British sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People's Republic during the 1968 Polish political crisis and forced to give up his Polish citizenship. He emigrated to Israel; three years later, he moved to the United Kingdom. He resided in England from 1971, where he studied at the London School of Economics and became Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds, later emeritus. Bauman was a social theorist, writing on issues as diverse as modernity and the Holocaust, consumerism in postmodernity, and liquid modernity.
