齐格蒙特·鲍曼的现代性社会理论述评

On Modernity Social Theory of Zygmunt Bauman

鲍曼是从一个文化马克思主义者转变为一个现代性社会理论家的。鲍曼认为秩序是现代性的首要追求,矛盾性与秩序追求如影随形,现代性是大屠杀的必要条件。后现代性是鲍曼审视现代性的外在视角。鲍曼放弃后现代性概念后,提出用流动的现代性概念描述当代社会及其主要现象:全球化、消费主义和个体化。鲍曼的社会理论是文化与社会的批判,充满了人文关怀。

Bauman became a modernity social theoretician from a cultural Marxist. Bauman thought the order is most important pursuit of modernity. The contradiction is associated closely with the pursuit of order, and modernity is essential condition of Holocaust. Postmodernity is external angle of view for Bauman to examine the modernity. After Bauman gives up the concept of ＂modernity＂ , he proposes with the concept of ＂liquid modernity＂ to describe present society and the main phenomenon： global- ization, consumerism and individualization. Social theory of Bowman is cultural and social critical, full of humanistic care.