"The task for sociology is to come to……" — Zygmunt Bauman
"The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of."
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37 Quotes by Zygmunt Bauman
Zygmunt Bauman has 37 quotes on this site.
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The consumerist culture insists that swearing eternal loyalty to anything and anybody is imprudent, since in this world new glittering…
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption…
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Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to…
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Ideally, nothing should be embraced by a consumer firmly, nothing should command a commitment till death do us part, no…
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What is assumed to be the materialisation of the inner truth of the self is in fact an idealisation of…
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Partnerships are increasingly seen through the prism of promises and expectations, and as a kind of product for consumers: satisfaction…
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What has been cut apart cannot be glued back together. Abandon all hope of totality, future as well as past,…
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Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all…
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Madness is no madness when shared.
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Happiness needs one-upmanship.
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In our world of rampant individualisation, relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and…
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We already have - thanks to technology, development, skills, the efficiency of our work - enough resources to satisfy all…
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More Freedom Quotes
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
— Hannah Arendt
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
— Hannah Arendt
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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always…
— Hannah Arendt
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
— Aristotle
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
— Aristotle
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best…
— Aristotle
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I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the…
— Julian Assange
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Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a…
— Rowan Atkinson
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I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their…
— Margaret Atwood
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If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security,…
— Margaret Atwood
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