Table of Contents

1 Some notes on the historical peregrinations of the concept of 'Culture' 1

2 On fashion, liquid identity and utopia for today – some cultural tendencies in the twenty-first century 18

3 Culture from nation-building to globalization 32

4 Culture in a world of diasporas 51

5 Culture in a uniting Europe 71

6 Culture between state and market 96

Notes 118

About the Author

Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at University of Leeds.

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