The so called "progress," "time marching on," is not a straight line, but a pendulum. — 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.… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
We are living at the moment in revolutionary times. Argentineans probably are more aware of it than anybody else, because they tasted… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Where we hope to land (and where we do land, though only for a fleeting moment, enough for tired wings to catch… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
In a liquid modern life there are no permanent bonds, and any that we take up for a time must be tied… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
For the first time in living memory, the whole class of graduates faces a future of crushing debt, and a high probability,… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Middle class people, the bourgeoisie, they are also feeling frightened at the moment. Some fear losing their fortunes; some go bankrupt; some… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
The descent of Israel from the morally towering position of a 'light for the nations' to the lowest of the low and… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Once upon a time there were the Pampas in Argentina, that people could treat as "empty lands" and where they could run… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
What has been cut apart cannot be glued back together. Abandon all hope of totality, future as well as past, you who… — 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
