Zygmunt Bauman: dialectic of modernity

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by  Beilharz, Peter

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ZygmuntB auman
DialecotfiM co dernity
PETER BEILHARZ
SAGE Publications
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Contents
Praecfe vii
Prologue
ClaasnsdL abour 4
2 CultaunrdSe o ciyo log 34
3 IntellaencdUt tuoaplisa ns 58
4 The Holaoncdta huPese ter cfOtr der 88
5 TourinFgr atghmee nts 122
6 FollotwhiHenu gm aCno ndition 154
EpiloMgeudei:a tions 107
References 147
Index 177
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Preface
Doesso ciohlaovgefy ut au rIen? opneer speZcytgimvuen,t Bauman might
bei tlsa smatn. W elrle cognfiorzh eimdsa j owro rkMo,d ernitayn dt he
Holcoau(s9tl 89aB)a,u man is often alstoh lewe iaddeilnyg imagined as
sociolroegpirceasle onftp aotsitvmeo deWrhnailtsi mbe.es f ourseA? n d,
howd ow em aksee nosfme o derniotfiy tc,se ntaunrody fw hanto wo pens
befourseA? s s ocioelnotgetyrh sme i llensnoimuwemi ,lh la vcea utsoe
wondaebr ouittp sr ospeOctthsei.rn sc,l uZdyignmgu Bnatu mawni,l l
wondteoro wbiulltli kelyp errastiinhbs eetrl ietvhiawntegh avbea rely
begutnhp irso jienec atr naetas ltl ; critiintc hails itvmshioe srotleraiy ,k, e
ana nticitphaaatnr i eosnut lhto,ui gth itsh aaStlot.s h oii gsso onde wass,
welTlh.ep urpoosfe tbhoiosik st oe ntienrtt oh ifiesl bdyi ntroducing,
surveyiinngt earnpBdra eutmianwngo' rsfko r aaund iewnhciecl hi,va itan g
postmopdaecrmena, y k noiwot n lflye etionrg lepyl,as ret iOafcl oluyr.s e
thiiassn i nterprienit tastteihloefonr,er e p fartiinia tolsw nw ayi;rt e flects
myo wnc urioassi twaiesel slah nisdsa ,ys so metahbiontught de if rfeenocfe
ourl ipfaet ahnsd ctohnen ecotfoi uomrn o menatn,do upra ssiaonnds
sharceodm mitmaeswn etlaslso udri fferences.
Whya ni ntroduBcatuimoawnno?'r sik es x tenaswievseo,dm ifefe,r eintt ;
deniessy stthneema itcu re oerlc ylr eetalrjraae tcitwvohriycc hha racterizes
othbeord ioefws o rk slaiytk,he o,os feH aberomraF so ucaBualutm.'a sn
woriks n otoridoiuffisclubyly ct o,m paraitslo enai,sn ta smausci hti s
slipapnedsr hyi ftTihnogsw.eh oc hootsope u rsBuaeu mawno'rsfk ur ther
arwee lcotmohe e atdot hleir baroyrt hbeo okshthoepmy;i gfihntd t he
profiilnme ysB aumaRne ad(er2 00p0u)b,l issihmeudl tabnyeBo luasclky­
weltlob, e soofm ues eI.n Freudt'hspe r seesnesneti, sm b ooerl oikak e
prostahw easyti osh ,a ndtlhewe o rjku sastc uleti uasrw ayt oh andtlhee
worlTdh.ep ressetnutwd oyr kassa l engtchoinevre rswaittBihao unm an,
conducttherdo utghhme e diuomf hbioso kasn dm anyo fh is essays
publiisnEh negdl aicsrhot shpsea s3t0 yeTahresir.sen o thhienrogen t he
Polipsrhee -o lfBi afuman's sWoeca iwoalaibo tig oyg.r oafpB hayu man;
DennSimsi tihn'tse rproefht iwasot irwokin al plp eiantr h sea myee aarst his
boodko es,t haonuwdge ht woha vceo mmuniwceah taevwdeo rkiendd e­
pendeonfot nlaeyn othaeswr eh, a vweo rkiendd epenodfe notulrcy t s.u bje
Frodmi efrfipnegr specatgiaviens,, S DmeinatnnhidI ss eetkor ecttihfey
awkwasridt uaitnwi hoinc hw itdhees pdreeefraednt coBe a umaind'esha ass
remaiunneadc compbayan nimyeo dr eel aboarpaptree coifah tiiso nw ork.
Tot hpiosi tnhtme,o setx tenadcekdn owledogfBe amuemnatwn o'rshk a s
beetnh artes gtieirne dR iKcihlamridan nsIdta eVnra rco1e99'6Fs es tscth rif
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viII Perafce
-CultuMroed,e rniatnydR evoluEtsisoaniy:ns HonofoZ uyrg umnBta uman
-andc hartevda rbiwyor uist ienar s sp eciisasoluf Te h eoyr,C ultaunrde
Soci(et19y98 H)o.p eftuhlrilesyc epwtiioloplne i nn ttoh e millennium.
If irmsatd aec quainwtiatZnhyc gem uanntdJ aniBnaau mainnt he
1990sp,ar tthlryo tuhgmehe dioufm eTshiEsl ev.Ie nth as beac ohmaep py
ritutahlia,sn n upaill gritmoLa egeedf sor,mw henIci en evidteapbalryt
lighheta-daendd phyhseiacvaOiluelrryis. sn eecssaar illyod nigs tance
relatiyoenitsth ha iispn ,t imoafci itoesws n a,n dw iIal llw abyeds e eply
grautlfe oftrh wei llinogftn heBesa su matnots a kmeei n tihnwi asy I.ti s
noatl watyhse tchaaistne t elleenctthuuastlir aaesnrmsas fc roosnsto ot her
levse.Fl orm y opwanr Bta,u maMne'mso rioefC sl as(s91 82h)a dm uch
influmeynt cheidn kaibnogmuo td erannidlt ayb opuurb,l iisnah b eodo k
callTraendfos rmiLnagb o(r91 94aan)di ni tsse quPeols,tm odSeornc ialism
(1994bI)h .a sd enact o poyfm y1 898r evioefLw e gitsolraasn dIn teprreters
(Baum1a89n7,t) o L eedasl ;i onfec ontoapcetn beedt weueswn h ichha s
develoipnte hdep asdte cade.d isWceo vsehraereden dt husfiora sms
labouutro'psbi uahtse ; wtahtsee acRheeard.iB nagu mawno'rsk coincides
witmhy i ntellfeorcmtautaifloro mnt hmei d19-70tsh roumgahr xitsom
somewheelrsee .
Movinign ttoh e1 990sI had bergeusne artchhewi onrgok f t he
Austraarlhtii asnt oarnida nc utlhteuorBraeilrs nta rd whSimrciehts hu,l ted
ina b ooekn tiItmalgeidn itnhAge n ptoide(s19 97)I.nt hper ocIer sesd is­
covetrhewedo ndoefre ngagdiinrge wcittlthyh teh inkoifan sgi ngle,
exemplwarriytT ehriw.sa sa ni ntellectuIah la da plperiaonmra ync ehd
doctwoorarwlki th AlDaasvtiadwishoroan p,p liite db riilnAl niotanniot ly
GramsTcoiw:a rsda nI nteelcltuBailo gprhay( 9177a)n,dw hicIhh a dt hen
extencdreidt itcota hlwelo yro kfL eoTnr otisnkT ryot skTyro,st kyiasnmd
thTera nsitiSoonc itao(l i18s97mW) o.r kionntg h per joeocftB ernaSrmdi th
wasa differkeinnotdf e xper,ib eenccaeIuws aes d ealwiintgah l iving
thinaknedbr e,c aIuw saen tteoad p prahiiwssoe r pko sittiov evlayl,u e it
aneaws sao urocrte r adittoci aornfror yw arTdh.ii ssa l smoym otivation
int hper essetnutdf oryB ,a umainsg o otdot hiwnikt thof, ol lonwoa ts a
leadbeuarts eaxna mpolfhe o wt o agboo tuhtae c tiovfi tiyn terpretation
and crititchiiishssmi ,s iannvdi stoactiioSolonot ghtiyioas.ss ympathetic
anedx positobrays oesndtt uhsdeey a,rf corsh p irraittth hearln e tAtsei rn.
ImaginitnhgAe n ptoideIsd ,o n otf reos ftrdiicstt inhcetrbieeo tnwse en
Baumatnh'isn aknidmny go wn. Thisa h iesr,m entreheueatndi,aic nn dg ,
int hiiftsol lowso whnwi osra kn de xample.
Thes trucotftu hribeso orke sotnsa na ttempt cotnocc elputsutaelrl y
Baumawno'rski ,no rdteoro pedni efrfelnitn iensth oil sa byrTihnet h.
approiasco hft ecnh roongoilceaslp,e ciinai ltlbsyr oasdw e,e bput
chronodlooengsoy gt o vetrnh set rucotfu rtbeho eo Mky.o bjehcte ries
toe stabsloimseht hoifhn ogw t hew orks thoagnegt rhaetrht,eh ra n
necesstaopr liulmtybh eiinrnc eorn cepdteupatMlhy sp .u rpiostso ec hase
themteosc ,o nnaencdwt h ere ptoosi sdieybn lteri efsoniancn lcaesss ical,
modearnnd postsmoocdtieharnel o Trhye.ar rete h,e tnh,rl eeev oefvl osi ce
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PerfcaeI x
int hibso okF.ir tshte,ir sBe a um'asvn oicwei,tm hi naes i tsso metime
medium. tSheecarorepne rd e,s e,en ccheosaensdd issonwaintcchoe nst em­
porarsiuecashs,C astorainadHd eilslw ehri,c aht tIe tmops tp eolulot r
explTahiinrt.dh e,ar reee c howeist hc ltahses ilcesaM,sa trn Wxoe,tb earn d
Simmteol , whIai lclhu bdudeto n oatl waeylsu ciTdhaeat tet.r aocft ion
Baumawno'rsik s b aseodna combinaotfsi oocni oliongsiicaganhldt
persocnoamlm itmietnastp ;p roiascn ho t tohfta htpe r eosfsioonra l,
managesroicailo lIotcgsli asstes.xi ecmaplil Ssai rm mneolDt,u rkheim.
Thiissa b eginning bowoiktD,he ntnoigse tShameb iret ghi'nosnf,i ng
thamto meinnt which wep etraskpeeo cnBst aoiumvmeea enx'tsr aoyr dinar
achievetmheawntht i,hc iht hweera tsro e aderfsol lheoadwvi en stalment by
instalSmoe nttbh.oi osk ndoostee se tkoe stabtlhiiesn hnn eart ure or
secorfeB ta um'awsno raks,m ucahs dtios cietlrsan r ger ciotsnsht iofutrss ,
andi tcso ntinrueictuiretrshi,en mgoe rs moticvuartiionsTgih teirieess .
certaniosn ilnycg lluete oB auman'sn owetov reiknn,t hied ea of ambi­
valencet hooevr e rianr tchheimonefgt hcer itoifqo ured eMrys. e nisse
thaBta umawno'rssk h ibfytt shp ea ttoefar tn ltehardseitfee f repnots sible
intellmeocvteumaeFlni trsts.ht e,ir saew ayi nw hicihti sc ontinouro us,
linear;t hesmolemesea o dn ottoh ers,b osookemsme e ragsei tw ere
direocutotlf y otahset hrosu,tg hhee n tpirroej ecto new erlceoo nngv er­
satieoxnt,e nodvee3dr0 y eawrist,sh u cvha ryiinntge rlaoscp uatsbosyr ,s
cuitn to fporamrt thlseo ngcelro Stehc.o tnhde,ir saes enisnwe h ictho
plotth pea tohfB aumawno'rsik st od eawli tthh per incoifep tleer nal
recurroerrn ectpeie tifoortn h,pe r oblwehmisca hn imautsae c ross time
recaunrdr ecyAcslB ea.u masna ywse,d o not prsoobllvieensm osc ial
theowreyb ,e cobmoer weidt thh eBmu.tt h itrhde,ar reae l smoo menotfs
efefctive orpeeonriinegno,tri a ntnioovnaa tcirootnsh ssi tso rya,tl eoars t
thearrete u rnpionign otrms o menotfsr ealiiozlnai tkteh obsoer inn
Legitsolraasn dI nteprret(er18s97 )a,fte wrh icphe rspecchtainvmgeoesr e
radicoarl rlfcuyoel floyra, f ttehrce o lloafpm saer xiosnmpe,r imsaoruyr ce
ofB aumatnh'esoa rnydl i fe.
InB aumaonw'nsc, o nversaste-iluofnndaelr sthainmsdo irnrege ,c ent
boohkasv fieg urpeedr haaspt sr iloortg ryi,cp htT.yh e tfirrsitlc oognys ists
ofL egitsolraasn dIn teprret(e91r8s7 M)od,e rnaintdty h Heo olcau(s1t9 89a),
andMo derniatnydA mbailven(c19e9 1)aT.h es ecoinndc lPuodsetosdm ern
Ethi(c1s9 9L3iaef) in,F rgamen(ts19 95a)n dP ostmodearnndii ttDsyi s­
conte(n1t9s9 a7nad) , thet ricfioon anlso ifst thsse h ormtoerrde,i e rctly
polciaetlsi saiynGs l obzaaltiiTohne: HumCaonn seque(n1c9e98sa W)o,rk ,
Consurmiesamn dt hNee wP oo(r1 998ba)n Idn S earocfhP olit(i19c99sb ).
Froamn oyt hpeerr speocft icvoedu,ifr rfeseenp,tr ofielmeesr sgoet ;h aitt
seemtsom e,f oerx amptlheat,th beo okosnt hHeo locaanudsAt m bi­
valeanrcdeei reccotnltyi nwuhoeursse,aaP yso stmodEetrnh i(c19s93 aa)n d
MortalIimmtoyr,ti atalyn dO theLrife -Stgriae(tse19 91)ab rdei stcirnictti cal
excurwsheiswl,he a utn ittehbseo okpsu bliasftheeLrdife inF ragments
(1995i)s t hees sfaoyr imt seeslpfe,c wiiatlthlh yre e tutrnot hmeo re
specifipcoallilttyhi ecmaaelsas kionfpd o stmordeeprnro ifws hea eta rlier
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