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PETER BEILHARZ
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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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