Liquid Love: On the Frailty of Human Bonds Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition
by Zygmunt Bauman
First line
'My dear friend, I send you a small work of which one could say, not unjustly, that it has neither head nor tail, since everything in it is on the contrary a head and a tail, alternatively and reciprocally.
From the rear cover
This book is about the central figure of our contemporary, 'liquid modern' times - the man or woman with no bonds, and particularly with none of the fixed or durable bonds that would allow the effort of self-definition and self-assertion to come to a rest. Having no permanent bonds, the denizen of our liquid modern society must tie whatever bonds they can to engage with others, using their own wits, skill and dedication. But none of these bonds are guaranteed to last. Moreover, they must be tied loosely so that they can be untied again, quickly and as effortlessly as possible, when circumstances change - as they surely will in our liquid modern society, over and over again.
The uncanny frailty of human bonds, the feeling of insecurity that frailty inspires, and the conflicting desires to tighten the bonds yet keep them loose, are the principal themes of this important new book by Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology and in the social sciences and humanities generally, and it will appeal to anyone interested in the changing nature of human relationships.
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- Title Liquid Love: On the Frailty of Human Bonds
- Author Zygmunt Bauman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Polity Press, Malden, MA
- Date June 1, 2003
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780745624891 / 0745624898
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Interpersonal relations, Social isolation
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002014474
- Dewey Decimal Code 302.545
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