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Moral Blindness
The Loss of Sensitivity in Liquid Modernity
Taschenbuch von Zygmunt Bauman (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one's ethical gaze. Evil and moral blindness lurk in what we take as normality and in the triviality and banality of everyday life, and not just in the abnormal and exceptional cases.

The distinctive kind of moral blindness that characterizes our societies is brilliantly analysed by Zygmunt Bauman and Leonidas Donskis through the concept of adiaphora: the placing of certain acts or categories of human beings outside of the universe of moral obligations and evaluations. Adiaphora implies an attitude of indifference to what is happening in the world - a moral numbness. In a life where rhythms are dictated by ratings wars and box-office returns, where people are preoccupied with the latest gadgets and forms of gossip, in our 'hurried life' where attention rarely has time to settle on any issue of importance, we are at serious risk of losing our sensitivity to the plight of the other. Only celebrities or media stars can expect to be noticed in a society stuffed with sensational, valueless information. This probing inquiry into the fate of our moral sensibilities will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the most profound changes that are silently shaping the lives of everyone in our contemporary liquid-modern world.
Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one's ethical gaze. Evil and moral blindness lurk in what we take as normality and in the triviality and banality of everyday life, and not just in the abnormal and exceptional cases.

The distinctive kind of moral blindness that characterizes our societies is brilliantly analysed by Zygmunt Bauman and Leonidas Donskis through the concept of adiaphora: the placing of certain acts or categories of human beings outside of the universe of moral obligations and evaluations. Adiaphora implies an attitude of indifference to what is happening in the world - a moral numbness. In a life where rhythms are dictated by ratings wars and box-office returns, where people are preoccupied with the latest gadgets and forms of gossip, in our 'hurried life' where attention rarely has time to settle on any issue of importance, we are at serious risk of losing our sensitivity to the plight of the other. Only celebrities or media stars can expect to be noticed in a society stuffed with sensational, valueless information. This probing inquiry into the fate of our moral sensibilities will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the most profound changes that are silently shaping the lives of everyone in our contemporary liquid-modern world.
Über den Autor
ZYGMUNT BAUMAN (1925-2017) was professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. His many books have become international bestsellers and have been translated into more than thirty languages.

LEONIDAS DONSKIS is a member of the European parliament, professor at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania, and author of over thirty books.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Towards a Theory of Human Secrecy and Unfathomableness, or Exposing Elusive Forms of Evil
One: From the Devil to the Frighteningly Normal and Sane People
Two: The Crisis of Politics and the Search for a Language of Sensitivity
Three: Between Fear and Indifference: The Loss of Sensitivity
Four: Consuming University:
The New Sense of Meaninglessness and the Loss of Criteria
Five: The Decline of the West Revisited
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Vor- & Frühgeschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 224
Inhalt: 218 S.
ISBN-13: 9780745662756
ISBN-10: 0745662757
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bauman, Zygmunt
Donskis, Leonidas
Hersteller: Polity Press
John Wiley & Sons
Maße: 228 x 151 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Zygmunt Bauman (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2013
Gewicht: 0,336 kg
preigu-id: 106069842
Über den Autor
ZYGMUNT BAUMAN (1925-2017) was professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. His many books have become international bestsellers and have been translated into more than thirty languages.

LEONIDAS DONSKIS is a member of the European parliament, professor at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania, and author of over thirty books.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Towards a Theory of Human Secrecy and Unfathomableness, or Exposing Elusive Forms of Evil
One: From the Devil to the Frighteningly Normal and Sane People
Two: The Crisis of Politics and the Search for a Language of Sensitivity
Three: Between Fear and Indifference: The Loss of Sensitivity
Four: Consuming University:
The New Sense of Meaninglessness and the Loss of Criteria
Five: The Decline of the West Revisited
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Vor- & Frühgeschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 224
Inhalt: 218 S.
ISBN-13: 9780745662756
ISBN-10: 0745662757
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bauman, Zygmunt
Donskis, Leonidas
Hersteller: Polity Press
John Wiley & Sons
Maße: 228 x 151 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Zygmunt Bauman (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2013
Gewicht: 0,336 kg
preigu-id: 106069842
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