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Community
Seeking Safety in an Insecure World
Taschenbuch von Zygmunt Bauman
Sprache: Englisch

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'Community' is one of those words that feels good: it is good 'to have a community', 'to be in a community'. And 'community' feels good because of the meanings which the word conveys, all of them promising pleasures, and more often than not the kind of pleasures which we would like to experience but seem to miss.

'Community' conveys the image of a warm and comfortable place, like a fireplace at which we warm our hands on a frosty day. Out there, in the street, all sorts of dangers lie in ambush; in here, in the community, we can relax and feel safe. 'Community' stands for the kind of world which we long to inhabit but which is not, regrettably, available to us. Today 'community' is another name for paradise lost - but for a paradise which we still hope to find, as we feverishly search for the roads that may lead us there.

But there is a price to be paid for the privilege of being in a community. Community promises security but seems to deprive us of freedom, of the right to be ourselves. Security and freedom are two equally precious and coveted values which could be balanced to some degree, but hardly ever fully reconciled. The tension between security and freedom, and between community and individuality, is unlikely ever to be resolved. We cannot escape the dilemma but we can take stock of the opportunities and the dangers, and at least try to avoid repeating past errors.

In this important new book, Zygmunt Bauman takes stock of these opportunities and dangers and, in his distinctive and brilliant fashion, offers a much-needed reappraisal of a concept that has become central to current debates about the nature and future of our societies.

'Community' is one of those words that feels good: it is good 'to have a community', 'to be in a community'. And 'community' feels good because of the meanings which the word conveys, all of them promising pleasures, and more often than not the kind of pleasures which we would like to experience but seem to miss.

'Community' conveys the image of a warm and comfortable place, like a fireplace at which we warm our hands on a frosty day. Out there, in the street, all sorts of dangers lie in ambush; in here, in the community, we can relax and feel safe. 'Community' stands for the kind of world which we long to inhabit but which is not, regrettably, available to us. Today 'community' is another name for paradise lost - but for a paradise which we still hope to find, as we feverishly search for the roads that may lead us there.

But there is a price to be paid for the privilege of being in a community. Community promises security but seems to deprive us of freedom, of the right to be ourselves. Security and freedom are two equally precious and coveted values which could be balanced to some degree, but hardly ever fully reconciled. The tension between security and freedom, and between community and individuality, is unlikely ever to be resolved. We cannot escape the dilemma but we can take stock of the opportunities and the dangers, and at least try to avoid repeating past errors.

In this important new book, Zygmunt Bauman takes stock of these opportunities and dangers and, in his distinctive and brilliant fashion, offers a much-needed reappraisal of a concept that has become central to current debates about the nature and future of our societies.

Über den Autor
Zygmunt Bauman is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Universities of Leeds and Warsaw.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
An Overture, or Welcome to Elusive Community.

The Agony of Tantalus.

Rerooting the Uprooted.

Times of Disengagement, or the Great Transformation Mark Two.

Secession of the Successful.

Two Sources of Communalism.

Right to Recognition, Right to Redistribution.

From Equality to Multiculturalism.

The Bottom Line: The Ghetto.

Many Cultures, One Humanity?.

Afterword.

Notes.

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780745626352
ISBN-10: 0745626351
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bauman, Zygmunt
Hersteller: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 188 x 136 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Zygmunt Bauman
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.12.2000
Gewicht: 0,177 kg
Artikel-ID: 105736932
Über den Autor
Zygmunt Bauman is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Universities of Leeds and Warsaw.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
An Overture, or Welcome to Elusive Community.

The Agony of Tantalus.

Rerooting the Uprooted.

Times of Disengagement, or the Great Transformation Mark Two.

Secession of the Successful.

Two Sources of Communalism.

Right to Recognition, Right to Redistribution.

From Equality to Multiculturalism.

The Bottom Line: The Ghetto.

Many Cultures, One Humanity?.

Afterword.

Notes.

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780745626352
ISBN-10: 0745626351
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bauman, Zygmunt
Hersteller: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 188 x 136 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Zygmunt Bauman
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.12.2000
Gewicht: 0,177 kg
Artikel-ID: 105736932
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