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Zygmunt Bauman quotes: Rigidity of order is the artefact and sediment of the human agents ' freedom.

Rigidity of order is the artefact and sediment of the human agents ' freedom.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: Happiness needs one-upmanship.

Happiness needs one-upmanship.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: The secret of every durable ... social system is the recasting of 'functional prerequisites' into behavioral motives for actors.

The secret of every durable ... social system is the recasting of 'functional prerequisites' into behavioral motives for actors.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: We belong to talking, not what talking is about ... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.

We belong to talking, not what talking is about ... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: And the enticement to seek a rose without thorns is never far away and always difficult to resist.

And the enticement to seek a rose without thorns is never far away and always difficult to resist.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: Real dialogue isn't about talking to people who believe the same things as you.

Real dialogue isn't about talking to people who believe the same things as you.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: Like the phoenix, socialism is reborn from every pile of ashes left day in, day out, by burnt-out human dreams and charred hopes.

Like the phoenix, socialism is reborn from every pile of ashes left day in, day out, by burnt-out human dreams and charred hopes.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: Man is in his short sojourn on earth equal to God in His eternity.

Man is in his short sojourn on earth equal to God in His eternity.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: Madness is no madness when shared.

Madness is no madness when shared.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy of wisdom you can acquire and make your own.

Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy of wisdom you can acquire and make your own.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: For intellectual authority, the appropriate version of Descartes 's cogito would be today: I am talked about, therefore I am.

For intellectual authority, the appropriate version of Descartes 's cogito would be today: I am talked about, therefore I am.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: As far as love is concerned, possession, power, fusion and disenchantment are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

As far as love is concerned, possession, power, fusion and disenchantment are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: A consumerist attitude may lubricate the wheels of the economy; it sprinkles sand into the bearings of morality.

A consumerist attitude may lubricate the wheels of the economy; it sprinkles sand into the bearings of morality.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.

I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: You judge a society by the decency of living of the weakest

You judge a society by the decency of living of the weakest

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: What happens is never unpredictable: there are always breaches, carelessness, incompetence, omissions, which have not prevented the occurrence.

What happens is never unpredictable: there are always breaches, carelessness, incompetence, omissions, which have not prevented the occurrence.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: Questioning the ostensibly unquestionable premises of our way of life is arguably the most urgent of services we owe our fellow humans and ourselves.

Questioning the ostensibly unquestionable premises of our way of life is arguably the most urgent of services we owe our fellow humans and ourselves.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: For one to be free there must be at least two.

For one to be free there must be at least two.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: The rationality of the ruled is always the weapon of the rulers.

The rationality of the ruled is always the weapon of the rulers.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.

Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.

Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.

The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.

Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.

Zygmunt Bauman quotes: This awful concept of underclass is really horrifying. You're not lower class, you are excluded - outside.

This awful concept of underclass is really horrifying. You're not lower class, you are excluded - outside.