Book, Individuality in a time of uncertainty, A[LS]

Returning to themes so present in Zygmunt Bauman's thought — such as destiny, choices and freedom — this book invites us to an indispensable reflection on the complexities of being human in the liquid modern world. How does individuality arise? Does it follow the same pattern across different people, cultures and age groups? Or is it a sociocultural construction that cannot be understood outside of its historical context? If so, would your standards be changing today? Does new technology guarantee us more autonomy or induce us to renounce the freedom we enjoy? These are some of the questions that Zygmunt Bauman and Estonian thinker Rein Raud investigate in this broad and engaging dialogue, in which they debate a concept that has assumed particular importance in our time: that of individuation. Today, surrounded by uncertainty, how do we perceive ourselves in a world that is changing faster and faster? In the light of sociology, philosophy, cultural theory and literature, Bauman and Raud revisit the ideas about how individuality was constituted in different times and traditions, and how it is constructed and deconstructed in social life.