Zygmunt Bauman: Behind the world's 'crisis of humanity' l Talk to Al Jazeera
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- In Western Europe it has been a summer of great change and discontent.
The European Union is facing major upheaval as the United Kingdom gets ready to withdraw its membership and in the process possibly jeopardising the composition of the country itself.
In fact, under the surface, people across Europe seem to be on edge. As European nations deal with migration and various economic uncertainties, the political landscape is changing, and a feeling that old social structures are being replaced or challenged is widespread.
It's the same for the United States where the race for the White House is anything but ordinary. Political rhetoric this year is tougher and there's a feeling the country is seriously divided on race and economic prosperity.
What has brought us to this situation? And what are the possible scenarios going forward?
One of the most prominent philosophers of our time is Zygmunt Bauman.
Born in Poland 90 years ago, he has thought and written extensively about the modern era, and what it is doing to us, coining the phrase, "liquid fear" - a tangible feeling of anxiety that has only vague contours but is still acutely present everywhere.
We sit down with Zygmunt Bauman on Talk to Al Jazeera and take a step back to discuss what is happening in the world.
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The interviewer, Felicity Barr, has presented the perfect interview. She asks the relevant questions and lets the interviewee answer, gives him the time he needs to articulate views on complex issues. You rarely see quality like this on other channels...
Indeed. Once you get Bauman going...
Felicity, indeed; she is a consummate professional. A refreshing change of pace in our world of vacuous celebrity status and moronic journalism.
I'm reading every book I can find from him since I read "The Individualized Society." His writing is just mesmerizing, meticulous and concise. Pure joy.
Did you already read Does the richness of few benefit us all?
No one had accurately explained Modern Life as deeply as the wise great Sociologist Zygmunt Bauman!
Thanks for Felicity Barr for her proficiency to ask such great quality of questions.
Stalinist criminal. Very bad man
WOW... I surely didn't expect that much clarity. I was warned once by a man, unknown at the time, but wise in my contemplation of what he said. He said be neither optimistic or pessimistic, rather consider that we have a lot of work to do, just get to it. That sentiment, in my older years has evened out the high peaks and the low valleys. That is what keeps me happy. And now I'm sure I'm going to find a new hero in Zyg, thank you for the introduction.
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Thank you for the captions, it really helps with the clarity.
Mark Lawson - Subtitles unnecessary: the man was not an American rapper...
I must commend Aljazeera on raising the standard on conversation in the news. Their broad news coverage of the world and documentaries that showcase the world are thought provoking and insightful. They are truly helping to foster greater understanding among the different peoples on this blue planet we all inhabit. The only only other news programming that I find this compelling is 'Fareed Zakaria GPS'.
Great to listen to someone with a sense of perspective!
Exelente interview.... professor bauman tell us , is not hope for humanity, well only for the humanity is in the last part of the piramyd,when one part of the mechanics of the economy sistem don work really good no more, the all sistem strat break in parts.....🤌🤔.... tank you professor bauman.
Thank you for posting this, Al Jazeera! I believe Bauman prefers to be referred as a sociologist first and foremost though
It is hard to imagine why someone would dislike the inspiring conversation
Murderer
Ha ptfu
He is a communist, he was murdering people and served communist regime
Liked, Thank you Aljazeera!
Seems like people from around the whole world admired him for his wisdom and insight. And yet wherever he's mentioned, you'll find misled Poles perpetuating disgusting slanders about him, which are almost needlessly to say - very far from truth. Seems like no prophet is accepted in his own land, or at least in modern-day Poland.
TrollErnest I'm Polish and I happen to admire Bauman. My advice is to disregard the hating morons that don't have a clue
the fun fact is that in most cases this madness, which causes a lot of people from Poland to spend their time hating Bauman, comes from their fear of the modern world in which they can't find a place for themselves. and this was precisely one of the main things he wanted to understand and help us cope with
co za brednie. inspirujacy dorobek naukowy nie zmaze krzywd, ktore wyrzadzil. wybaczajcie mordercom swoich dziadkow jesli chcecie
*Bauman was a communist criminal,* an activist of KBW (Polish equivalent of the Russian NKVD) that murdered Polish patriots who fought with communist regime. But useful millennial idiots still listen to his marxist/postmodernism nonsense and think they're being "educated"... Incredible.
This is the most significant interview which I have ever heard. Yes, we caused the destruction of the societies from which people are coming to our countries seeking help. It is essential that we integrate them and at the same time escape from our own religious primitivism. We can do so by creating a truly secular society which is based on the needs of humans and abandon the gods of history. We have an opportunity...................
Nice to see some people still see things clearly.
Totally Agreed!
Such a great collections of life views by Zygmunt Bauman. I got to watch this because of my schools ethics class and I hope that more people get to see this interview.
Very interesting interview.
22:41 ... Great question and Great answer ♥
Glad to see you commenting on this deep and wise conversation!
Fantastic interviewing of a remarkable intellectual
Listening to him, I forgot to put video on ×1.5 speed, which I do for all other videos😀
Goethe quots at last frames all the conversation properly. Good interview and nice to see Bauman...
Nice to now his past in poland , comunist killer ... many people die because of him
Happy to see Zygmunt Bauman interviewed,a great philosopher indeed.
Very good Wisdom! Short but full of knowledge and ideas.
Gengads G Bauman its a murder
And traitor and murderer.
Are you idiot?
@@szymoncholuj9050 Zygmunt Bauman w przeszłości tworzył istotną i decyzyjną część komunistycznego aparatu terroru w powojennej Polsce zwalczającego podziemie niepodległościowe sprzeciwiające się sowietyzacji Polski
i greatly appreciate his observation. there is one question i would like to post one question isn't uncertainity is something equal to liquid fear
22:08 ... pessimist in the short-term optimist in the long-term ♥♥♥
Thanks for bring Bauman!
What a wonderful man, so wise and so articulate.
An amazing man who killed hundreds of Poles
He killed many poles ... Nobady tell you that , bastrd read about his past
Initially, I want to comment that this intellectual “liquid fear” is at every turn intensified by the powerful’s disregard for global institutions. I don’t mean those institutions of war, such as, NATO, or economic supremacy, such as, the EU but the institutions put in place to defend peace and justice, which are, the UN and the ICJ. If we identify who or what diminishes these vitally important institutions we might start to make these intangible fears more tangible.
Al Jazeera is becoming my favorite channel
This man is so sweet. Would love to meet him in personal.
Zygmunt Bauman is a stalinist and comunist murderer
THANK YOU Al Jazeera
rest in peace old man
He finally bites the dust. What took him so long?
He looks like the guy who played chess in that Pixar short. He definitely could be the type to do something like that
Read about his military pasy, he fought the indepedence underground in post-war Poland. Best Regards from Poland.
Suffering and it's permutations through desire, instead of going into the suffering to find God and through God to see this planetary suffering as seeking enlightenment. Yathabhuta.
I would love to have a conversation with Bauman.
Brilliat.
22.30 he mentions that in the long term he is optimistic about what he calls a more “cosmopolitan consciousness” with regard to everything except the Palestinian Israeli conflict. It is unfortunate he was not asked why this was the case.
Amazing fellow. Thank you Al Jazeera
and if it aint so how is it different can we have a parameter of certainity in any case if not then my theory would be u build upon what beck said in a contemprarory sense
Plz once research on JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI
many people will be moving
and europe will need to work on this and learn how to desl with it
He was a real GENIUS.
You must be joking. Stalinist criminal. Very bad man
The guy was a communist murderer in Poland when he was young
Great person A true humanist dont drag his biografi into debat he couldnt have done different due to the historical circumstances of his time
True. If somebody has something valuable to say - listen. You can learn from all kinds of people - good and bad.
@@MorawskiGRK Zygmunt Bauman w przeszłości był istotnym i decyzyjnym elementem komunistycznego aparatu terroru w powojennej Polsce zwalczającego podziemie niepodległościowe, które sprzeciwiało się sowietyzacji Polski
This is just another sign for whats happening. I hope the empathic People of the world will win and turn this crisis.
Like Galtung says... the US empire will soon fall. And who knows what will happen to Europe
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but life is uncertain, we should just learn how to live with this, without fear as like is unpredictable.
Yep, I can recommend you the books of the old italian philosopher "Seneca". :-) They fond a method to live with fear and uncernity.
Seneca was Spanish
True, he's from Cordoba! :)
But he is listed as Roman philosopher. But never mind, great philosopher!
I can't understand how 15 people clicked the dislike button!
they are the fascists
Mr Bauman was an comunist agent in last century when comunism govenrment terror ruled in Poland. Many people, especially Poles, still inculpate him for what he had done in his early years. Even if he is a great sociologist now.
You do realize he was Jewish? Like... part of the one nation you guys want obliterated?
excuse me?
are u insane man?
+Szymon Dziewięcki The Arabs. Pretty much every Muslim on earth for that matter, too, to be honest. Haven't you heard?
99.99 % but Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe said not sunny day but sundays !!!
What an awkwardness & lack of respect to put subtitles to his words. He was not an English native speaker but he speaks a perfect and clear English, and far away higher than the native speaker interviewer.
As a language teacher I disagree. You seem to forget that not everyone can understand English as well as he speaks it. Some people need subtitles so that they can, pause it, read it, and translate in to their own language, especially since his words are something that everyone should experience.
What else hurt you? Maybe the reporter sitting cross legged infront of such a decorated personality, or maybe them making an old man speak for almost half an hour?
@@davebeat Why don't they do it then with native speakers as well?
Great person.
He is not.
Read about his past in poland ... he is murderer
What a brilliant man.
the interviewer is right. The degree of uncertainty in the middle ages was also quite great. Some feudal emperors were totally mad. They were unpredictable. They could take your life at any time. There were diseases such as the plague. There was war all the time. When you were a jew, you were threatened by the next outburst of violence all the time. You never knew when it was going to happen. Sometimes, a house caught fire. Within a few hours, the whole village had burned down. If you were lucky, your were saved, masseltoff. Suddenly, there was an invasion. People from the Osman empire made you a slave of their domination. Or you had a snake bite and died. Or a dog bite. Unfortunately, there was no vaccination, so ANY bite could be deadly. Or there was a bad summer, too hot, not enough rain. The whole family died of starvation, waht a bad luck. If this isn't UNCERTAINTY, I don't know what the word means...
17:02 Can multiculturalism ever work? Personally I don't accept the term multiculturalism. It's much safer to speak that we are all cast im multicultural environments.... We are all tied together, but the trouble is that we didn't even start yet developing cosmopolitan consciousness which means not only thinking in terms of our direct vicinity and environment but also understand this global connections which determine the condition under which we live....
No enemy remaining against whom we will integrate. That's a new situation, untested, unpracticed so far and that's what makes our present moment so.. on the side terrifying, on the other so exciting.
6:27 Security without freedom is slavery, freedom without security is complete chaos.
Bauman - comunist ... still people remember his past and what he did with UB to kill polish underground heroes.
Rafał B - nobody and it won’t change ever
put the speed on 1,5 haha you can thank me later
Chwała Wielkiej Polsce
Very wise words from a very wise man. Rest in peace!!
How many victims of this Stalinist are buried in unmarked graves in Poland?
@@buoazejAre you deaf, dumb, or both? Stalinist regime was the reason he fled Poland to settle and work in England, many years at Leeds University.
If you want a firm ground under your feet choose Jesus - the solid rock on which I stand, all other ground is sinking sand. Know that Song?
That's your opinion! I choose Allah to be my God and Mohammed/Jesus are God messenger.
Gengads G Google images for Deuteronomy 30:19: www.google.com/search?q=Deuteronomy+30:19&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdgeTl0ZbOAhUG6mMKHRbpCRoQ_AUICSgC&biw=1242&bih=601
That verse reads: "This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life so that you and your children may live."
There is no information is convenient concept acceptance since school days, it is called the system In our world there are some rich good & noble fellows as well some are closer to exploitation & speculation. the economy is a point however the current economy is out of tune as they address a psychological problems with a scarcity principle which creates a loop of inconstancy/ there are good honest artist while there others who are bad/ the same takes place with the middle class & the poor fellows/ perception of the whole is the problem/ the solution comes ultimately to the art's & crafts. However not all painters & artist deserve the price, some are just marketing actors of the arts imagination. Perception as a consensus to the psyche can reorganize the minds construct based on natural artistic form with nobility of spirit. DISPERSION shows the way, so to speak, that leads to gathering together.
Interesting that he mentions Yemen, Libya and Syria but not Palestine. Nobly, he states there are many tragedies not just the Holocaust but it would be good to hear his views on Israel. Einstein was unequivocally against a Jewish ethnostate. Was Bauman?
Rest in peace wise man.
wise? XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD he was a murder
That is a smart old man
After inventing the printing press & why destroyed better lean & learn how to used. 🤔 The technology is not at fault. 😥 it is the people that used how is use that makes the diference. YOU can blame sky news & his owner, not really the processors or the electrical wires. however photons might have a word🤔
17:19 ... multiculturalism / multicultural environment / Facebook / Twitter /
online offline O2O !!!
RIP
Gaaaaata o geros...
Toprağın bol olsun reis nur içinde yat
thank you, great postmodern thinker. rest in peace....
If you want to talk about problems of humanity then you must address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . Well he made a passing remark of that , otherwise nothing much to learn .
I see it in a different light... They addressed it. and what he said about it, I would not call a passing remark. It is on point, and arguably, given the dire outlook about any positive change happening in one of humanity's big tragedies, I am ok with it being a relatively small part of the interview.
Mohaini Mohamad well, he was Jew and support Israel
WIELKI Człowiek, Wielki Polak !!!!. Chwała i część mu po wieki !!!.
Социолог Зигмунд Бауман написал множество трудов, в заголовках которых используется слово " liquid".
Эти книги, как клоны были изданы во многих странах мира и заразили даже умы молодёжи.
Философия Баумана характеризуется релятивизмом идей, их противоречивостью, неуверенностью. На мой взгляд,
Зигмунд Бауман - неликвидный профессор.
Russian troll.
hey bauman..why you are not talking about KGB killing innocent peoples when you still working there??