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Liquid Life
'Liquid life' is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid-modern society cannot keep its shape for long. Liquid life is a precarious life, lived under conditions of constant uncertainty.
The most acute and stubborn worries that haunt this liquid life are the fears of being caught napping, of fa...more
The most acute and stubborn worries that haunt this liquid life are the fears of being caught napping, of fa...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
July 4th 2005
by Polity Press
(first published 2005)
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I have significantly mixed thoughts about this book.
One the one hand I found it a fascinating description of modern (post-modern) life. His descriptions of the difficulties people face within an ever-changing world was both revealing and horrifying, especially for those who have nothing outside of this way of living by which to gain perspective and solidity. Christians have faith in God that can provide a means of overcoming the fears and hopelessness of liquid life that non-Christi...more
One the one hand I found it a fascinating description of modern (post-modern) life. His descriptions of the difficulties people face within an ever-changing world was both revealing and horrifying, especially for those who have nothing outside of this way of living by which to gain perspective and solidity. Christians have faith in God that can provide a means of overcoming the fears and hopelessness of liquid life that non-Christi...more
L'autore descrive una società postmoderna asservita alla psicologia di mercato e dominata dalla ricerca di
un benessere effimero e transitorio, in tale sistema economico-sociale i beni di consumo prendono il
posto dei valori e la scelta del proprio individualismo approda al conformismo.
un benessere effimero e transitorio, in tale sistema economico-sociale i beni di consumo prendono il
posto dei valori e la scelta del proprio individualismo approda al conformismo.
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