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Zygmunt Bauman
Zygmunt Bauman was a Polish–British sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People's Republic during the 1968 Polish political crisis and forced to give up his Polish citizenship. He emigrated to Israel; three years later, he moved to the United Kingdom. He resided in England from 1971, where he studied at the London School of Economics and became Professor of Sociology at the…
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culture · Polish sociologist and philosopher (1925–2017) · philosopher · sociologist · university teacher · writer · opinion journalist · historian · historian of the Holocaust · also Zygmunt Bauman, Bauman
Born 19 November 1925 · Died 9 January 2017 · Q158092
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A good society is a society which believes that it is not good enough; that it is the task of the collectivity to insure individuals against individually suffered misfortune; and that the quality of society is measured by the quality of life of its weakest, just like the carrying power of a bridge is measured by its weakest pillar.
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Brak respektu dla samej siebie, jaki cechuje podklasę, która w wielu krajach zastąpiła zdemontowany już przez globalizację proletariat, uniemożliwia członkom podklasy zarówno zbudowanie jakiejś tożsamości zbiorowej, jak też mobilizację polityczną.
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2026· 8 entries
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Mshale: Out And About: Bauman's Harvest Festival Colorado (MsVIJ6WeQv)
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Mshale: 2017 Ad Valorem Keynote - Yoram Bauman, Ph.D. Danny Baggish Suspension (sLXs4OrGpg)
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Vanitatis: Zygmunt Bauman, filósofo, sobre la crisis de los 40: “Les paraliza el miedo de que las cosas ya no sean como antes"
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as.com: Zygmunt Bauman, sociologist, “The art of breaking off relationships and emerging unscathed far surpasses the art of building relationships”
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2023· 1 entry
JSTOR Daily: The Anthem Companion to Zygmunt Bauman
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2017· 15 entries
The Daily Telegraph: Zygmunt Bauman, Polish-born Marxist sociologist – obituary
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The Guardian: Zygmunt Bauman obituary
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The Hindu: Polish-born sociologist Zygmunt Bauman dies
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The Times of Israel: Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman dies aged 91
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Zygmunt Bauman, Polish-Jewish sociologist and philosopher, dies at 91
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Died 2017-01-09.
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“Opis: komentarz do wyniku wyborów prezydenckich w USA.”
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“A good society is a society which believes that it is not good enough; that it is the task of the collectivity to insure individuals against individually suffered misfortune; and that the quality of society is measured by the quality of life of its weakest, just like the carrying power of a bridge is measured by its weakest pillar.”
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“Brak respektu dla samej siebie, jaki cechuje podklasę, która w wielu krajach zastąpiła zdemontowany już przez globalizację proletariat, uniemożliwia członkom podklasy zarówno zbudowanie jakiejś tożsamości zbiorowej, jak też mobilizację polityczną.”
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“Demokratyczna polityka nie przetrwa zbyt długo w obliczu bierności obywateli wynikającej z ich politycznej ignorancji i obojętności.”
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“Dzisiaj państwa narodowe pozbyły się większości swojej mocy. Moc szybuje w niedosiężnej dla polityki państwowej rejonach. Bo polityka do dziś pozostaje taka, jak była dawniej, czyli lokalna. Z jednej strony mamy więc moc niekontrolowaną politycznie, a z drugiej politykę paraliżowaną przez deficyt mocy.”
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“Gest człowieka, który rozpocznie Apokalipsę, nie będzie się różnił od innych gestów, jakie dokonują codziennie zwykli, znudzeni technicy.”
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“Jakąkolwiek z licznych dokuczliwych i bolesnych spraw trapiących dziś planetę rozważamy, poszukiwania sposobów ich załatwienia nieodmiennie prowadzą do prawdy, jaką ignorować możemy tylko na naszą – wspólną – zgubę: że mianowicie rozwiązania globalnych problemów mogą być tylko, muszą być, podobnie owym problemom globalne.”
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“Jedyne, czego możemy być dziś pewni, to niepewność.”
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“Jeśli ja panu dam dolara i pan mi da dolara, to każdy z nas ma po jednym dolarze. Ale jak ja panu dam myśl i pan mi da myśl, to każdy z nas ma dwie myśli. Na tym właśnie polega różnica między kradzieżą dolara i przyswojeniem sobie myśli czy melodii.”
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2015· 1 entry
The University of Salento awarded Bauman an honorary degree in Modern Languages, Literature and Literary Translation
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2014· 1 entry
Peter Walsh, a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, accused Bauman of plagiarism from several websites, including Wikipedia, in his book Does the Richness of the Few Benefit Us All
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2013· 1 entry
Bauman made his first visit to Israel since leaving the country 1970: he accepted an invitation offered by the Israeli Sociological Society to give a keynote lecture at the ISS Annual Meeting and conduct a seminar with d
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2011· 1 entry
The Guardian: Zygmunt Bauman: 'No one is in control. That is the major source of contemporary fear' – video
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities (2010).
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Jointly with Alain Touraine, the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and the Humanities
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2007· 1 entry
openDemocracy: Zygmunt Bauman: globalisation, politics and Europe
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded The VIZE 97 Prize (2006).
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2005· 1 entry
openDemocracy: The unwinnable war: an interview with Zygmunt Bauman
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Theodor W. Adorno Award (1998).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences (1990).
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1970· 1 entry
Moved to Great Britain, where he accepted the chair of sociology at the
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1968· 1 entry
Went to Israel to teach at Tel Aviv University
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1962· 1 entry
Bauman inherited Hochfeld's chair
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1959· 1 entry
A revised edition appeared in English in 1972
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1954· 1 entry
Became a lecturer at the University of Warsaw, where he remained until 1968
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1953· 1 entry
Bauman, already in the rank of major, was suddenly dishonourably discharged, after his father had approached the Israeli embassy in Warsaw with a view to emigrating to Israel
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1939· 1 entry
When Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, his family escaped eastwards into the USSR
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-11-19.
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