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In a world in which heroism and martyrdom have become irrelevant concepts, we could all well, instead, become famous for the most pointless of reasons. Yet is this not the very ethical dilemma of liquid modern life itself?
Janina Bauman, in the words of one of many friends, was "a truly beautiful person, who made things golden" Yet her serene demeanour and dreamy,...
A quick update on developments following the Shared Social Responsibilities conference in Brussels at the start of this month. The Council of Europe have created...
Seminar - Conference 2011 Shared Social Responsibility Securing trust and sustainable social cohesion in a context of transition 28 February - 1 March Brussels, European...
Could community members direct me to that part of Professor Bauman's published works which mostly discusses memory and history as casualties of liquid identities and...
A bus from Tokyo disgorged a large group of youngsters on a beach at Atami, a little sea-resort and a favourite weekend haunt for the...
At the threshold of the third millennium France, like most of the planet, was in throes of uncertainty. The entry into the new era was...
Mark Davis's article "Bauman's Compass" prompted a series of thoughts about how the sociology of hope could mount a more direct challenge to the classical...
I very much liked Mark's 'thought piece' published in Compass, the topic of Mark's last post, Bauman's compass, and on which I commented. It has...
As the impact of our recent international launch conference starts to be felt far and wide, I am slowly beginning to gather my thoughts from...