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Book Synopsis
* A new book by one of the most original and brilliant social thinkers of our time. * Extends and develops some of the key themes in other Bauman titles, namely what it is like to live in a time of 'liquid modernity', identity, culture and consumerism.

Table of Contents
Introduction: On Living in a Liquid-Modern World.

1. The Individual Under Siege.

2. From Martyr to Hero, and from Hero to Celebrity.

3. Culture: Obstreperous and Unmanageable.

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

5. Consumers in Liquid-Modern Times.

Consuming Life.

Consuming Body.

Consuming Childhood.

6. Learning to Walk in Quicksand.

7. Thinking in Dark Times (Arendt and Adorno Revisited).

Notes.

Index.

Liquid Life

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A Paperback / softback by Zygmunt Bauman

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 01/05/2005
    ISBN13: 9780745635156, 978-0745635156
    ISBN10: 0745635156
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    Sociology and anthropology

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    * A new book by one of the most original and brilliant social thinkers of our time. * Extends and develops some of the key themes in other Bauman titles, namely what it is like to live in a time of 'liquid modernity', identity, culture and consumerism.

    Table of Contents
    Introduction: On Living in a Liquid-Modern World.

    1. The Individual Under Siege.

    2. From Martyr to Hero, and from Hero to Celebrity.

    3. Culture: Obstreperous and Unmanageable.

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

    5. Consumers in Liquid-Modern Times.

    Consuming Life.

    Consuming Body.

    Consuming Childhood.

    6. Learning to Walk in Quicksand.

    7. Thinking in Dark Times (Arendt and Adorno Revisited).

    Notes.

    Index.

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