“A mountain never yields to the wind no matter how strong it is.” –Zen quote For Zygmunt Bauman, our time is characterized by liquefying the institutions, our relationships and the sense of what we are. Bauman says that we live in a liquid world, an allegory that has found much echo among the thinkers of this century, but if we give it a little thought, it’s somewhat inadequate and, if you ask me, I would dare to say that it has fallen short, even as a metaphor. If, as everything seems to indicate (heating, acceleration, volatility), we are in a predominantly fire stage, liquid seems to be a simile totally
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