Book, Liquid Fear[LS]

Fear is one of the hallmarks of our time. In Liquid Fear, Bauman makes another unique study of contemporary life and reveals an inventory of current fears. Human beings today live in the midst of constant anxiety. We are afraid of losing our jobs, afraid of urban violence, of terrorism, afraid of being without our partner's love, of exclusion. The result? We always have to update ourselves and accumulate knowledge, we move around shopping centers, we drive armored cars, we live in gated communities. Fear is one of the hallmarks of our time. In Liquid Fear, Bauman makes another unique study of contemporary life and reveals an inventory of current fears. The sociologist maps the common origins of anxieties in liquid modernity and examines mechanisms that can stop the influence of fear on our lives. According to the author, the certainties of solid modernity were gone, and with that, the utopia of control over the social, economic and natural worlds collapsed.