Throughout early modernity there were very strong pressures on Jews to assimilate. Assimilating meant cutting your ties with the community of origin. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
What is happening now is that the number of people who are not strong enough or do not feel strong enough to… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
"Community" came to be seen as a chat-group: you switch on as long as your pleasure lasts, then push another button and… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
There is less pressure on abandoning native communities: what for? There is nothing to be gained by it. On one hand, there… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
We already have plenty of fundamentalism and fundamental sects like for instance Rabbi Schneerson and Chabad Lubavitch. They feel more secure because… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
“A society notorious for effacing the boundary which once separated the private from the public, for making it a public virtue and… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
“[..] the innate tendency of a society of consumers to instil in their members a willingness to accord other people the same… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Alas, you don't need monsters for monstrous deeds to be accomplished. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
'I am insecure' means: I can't cope on my own. The odds are overwhelming. I can't resist them on my own. I need us… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
It is easy now to break the vows. It is even easier to part your ways if vows haven't been taken. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, when I was young, people saw a wedding as an event that determined the rest of their life. For a… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
If you look back on the history of the 20th century, the 19th century or even to the ancien régime of the 18th, you… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
After many years of thinking, reading and writing and looking, I came to believe that there are two basic, essential values which are indispensable… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
State governments seek local remedies for the globally fabricated deprivations and miseries in vain - just as the individuals-by-the-decree-of-fate (read: by the impact of… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
“Beneath the dream of fame, another dream, a dream of no longer dissolving and staying dissolved in the grey, faceless and insipid mass of… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Why are people so concerned with relativism? If you look back in history, millions of people were killed because of someone's dogmatic views, but… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
![“[..] the innate tendency of a society of consumers to instil in their members a willingness to accord other people the same - and no more - respect as they are trained to feel and to show to consumer goods, the objects designed and destined for instantaneous, and possibly untroubled satisfaction…” quote by Zygmunt Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/add/zygmunt-bauman-1861_community_the-innate-tendency-of-a-society-of-cons_3183996.jpg)
