Współczesna metropolia: tożsamość i formy bycia razem jej mieszkańców

• Authors: Paweł Marcinkiewicz , Daniel Pietrek

Abstracts

EN

The following paper examines the Baumanian “forms of togethernes” in the space of the contemporary metropolis, both in the West (Europe, the USA), and the developing world (China). Zygmunt Bauman understands togetherness as a totality of interhuman actions, occurring in the city space. Paradoxically, the contemporary metropolis which often seems hostile towards traditional bourgeois urban life opens up new possibilities of mutual relations between contemporary citizens. The space in the contemporary city is neither fully artificial, nor natural, but it merges some features of both. Although its infrastructure is governed by effectiveness of molecular capitalism, it is not fully predicable in terms spatial design. This enables contemporary urbanites to experience unpredictable encounters with the Other, which has a potential to develop a new type of “liquid” identity in city dwellers.

Keywords

EN

The contemporary metropolis; Zygmunt Bauman; forms of togetherness; the generic city; disintermediation; liquid identity

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych i Edukacji Humanum
• Journal: Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 2(29)
• Pages: 323-332

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Paweł Marcinkiewicz

• Instytut Filologii Angielskiej, Uniwersytet Opolski

author

Daniel Pietrek

• Instytut Filologii Germańskiej, Uniwersytet Opolski

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2158509