How Neoliberalism Prepared The Way For Donald Trump
I still vividly remember what fewer and fewer people, as time goes by, can and do: the names that Nikita Khrushchev, having decided to expose ... Read more
Zygmunt Bauman
Trump: A Quick Fix For Existential Anxiety
Amongst the “liberal left”, in the UK and USA, there’s a major response to the Donald Trump’s electoral success: fear. “This is a moment of
No More Walls In Europe: Tear Them Down!
Professor Bauman, it seems like new walls are rising, again, in Europe. The reasons politicians push for the decision to build these walls – either
Floating Insecurity Searching For An Anchor
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines “security” as “condition of being protected from or not exposed to danger”; but, at the same time, as “something
The Migration Panic And Its (Mis)uses
TV news, newspaper headlines, political speeches and tweets used to deliver foci and outlets for public anxieties and fears are currently overflowing with references to
The Charlie Hebdo Attack And What It Reveals About Society
You went through the tragedies of the 20th century – two wars, Shoah, Stalinism. What’s the specificity of the islamic extremist threat we’re facing today, in
The European Elections, Politics And Inequality
Throughout most of our electronic exchanges we tackle the issue of the “self” as such, and its “production” as such, concentrating on the features all
The Changing Nature Of Work And Agency In Times Of Interregnum
Henning Meyer has asked my opinion on the big societal challenges likely to characterize the year we’ve just entered. There are, no doubt, many –