MODERNITY, AMBIVALENCE AND THE GARDENING STATE

被引：10

作者：

Schiel, Tilman ^{[1
,2
,3
,4
,5
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

[2] Univ Free, Berlin, Germany

[3] Humboldt Univ, Berlin, Germany

[4] Univ Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

[5] Univ Munich, Munich, Germany

[6] Inst Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, Singapore

来源：

THESIS ELEVEN | 2005年 / 83卷 / 01期

关键词：

ambivalence; Bauman; modernity; palimpsest; cultural strangeness;

D O I：

10.1177/0725513605057138

中图分类号：

C91 [社会学];

学科分类号：

030301 ; 1204 ;

摘要：

This contribution attempts to show the 'universality' of Zygmunt Bauman's concept of 'modernity and ambivalence'. First it tries to explain the new feeling of insecurity and fear after the end of the Cold War: we have lost our intimate enemy, communism, and got 'alien' Islamism instead. Further, it is argued that 'exotic' modernity (from a Eurocentric perspective) is also in fear of ambivalence, as demonstrated by Sinophobia in Indonesia. The conclusion is that a 'postmodern' accommodation of ambivalence is still far from being accomplished. A rather guarded proposal is made that a self-image as a universal citoyen/ne might be part of a solution.

引用

页码：78 / 89

页数：12