There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production. Zygmunt Bauman consumptiondignifyenjoyment Change image and share on social
This awful concept of underclass is really horrifying. You're not lower class, you are excluded - outside. Zygmunt Bauman awfulclassconcept Change image and share on social
I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing. Zygmunt Bauman dieleftwing Change image and share on social
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. Zygmunt Bauman freedomindividuallose Change image and share on social
Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done. Zygmunt Bauman abilitydecidenutshell Change image and share on social
We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion. Zygmunt Bauman belongequalexclusion Change image and share on social
Human attention tends to be focused on the satisfactions relationships are hoped to bring, precisely because somehow they have not been truly satisfactory. And if they do satisfy, the price of this satisfaction has often been found to be unacceptable. Zygmunt Bauman attentionbringfind share on social
Like the phoenix, socialism is reborn from every pile of ashes left day in, day out, by burnt-out human dreams and charred hopes. Zygmunt Bauman asheburnchar Change image and share on social
We already have - thanks to technology, development, skills, the efficiency of our work - enough resources to satisfy all human needs. But we don't have enough resources, and we are unlikely ever to have, to satisfy human greed. Zygmunt Bauman developmentefficiencygreed share on social
In a liquid modern life there are no permanent bonds, and any that we take up for a time must be tied loosely so that they can be untied again, as quickly and as effortlessly as possible, when circumstances change - as they surely will in our liquid modern society, over and over again. Zygmunt Bauman bondchangecircumstance share on social