VIDA LIQUIDA

VIDA LIQUIDA

ZYGMUNT BAUMAN

$299.00
IVA incluido
Agotado
Editorial:
PAIDOS
Materia
SOCIOLOGIA
ISBN:
978-607-9202-59-0
Idioma:
Castellano

¿Qué es la vida liquida? La manera habitual de vivir en nuestras sociedades modernas contemporáneas. Se caracteriza por no mantener ningún rumbo determinado puesto que se halla inscrita en una sociedad que, en cuanto liquida, no mantiene por mucho tiempo una misma forma. Lo que define nuestras vidas es, por lo tanto la precariedad y la incertidumbre constantes. Y el motivo de preocupación que más obstinadamente nos apremia es el temor a que nos tomen desprevenidos, a no ser capaces de ponernos al día de unos acontecimientos, que se mueven a un ritmo vertiginoso, a pasar por alto las fechas de caducidad y vernos obligados a cargar con bienes u objetos inservibles, a no captar el momento en que se hace perentorio un cambio de enfoque y quedar relegados. Así, dada la velocidad de los cambios, la vida consiste hoy en una serie (posiblemente infinita) de nuevos comienzos pero también de incesantes finales. Ello explica que en nuestras vidas resulte abrumadora la preocupación por los finales rápidos e indoloros, a falta de los cuales los comienzos serían impensables. Entre las artes del vivir líquido moderno y las habilidades necesarias para ponerlas en práctica, liberarse de las cosas cobra prioridad sobre adquirirlas.

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