
Defining 'liquid modern life' as living under conditions in which change occurs faster than ways of thinking/acting can become established, Bauman (emeritus, sociology, U. of Leeds; U. of Warsaw) treats facets of contemporary society's attempts to cope with resulting insecurities. These include celebrities, the defensive capsules known as sport uti 'Liquid life is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid...