Staying True to Beauty and to the Humiliated: Zygmunt Bauman’s Vision of the Humanist

Sławomir CZAPNIK

Katedra Komunikacji Społecznej i Dziennikarstwa, Instytut Nauk o Polityce i Administracji, Uniwersytet Opolski, ul. Katowicka 89, 45-061 Opole, Poland , Poland

Mariusz SNOPEK

Instytut Społecznych Podstaw Penitencjarystyki, Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości, ul. Wiśniowa 50, 02-520 Warszawa; Poland , Poland


Abstract

The aim of this text is to outline the vision of the humanist as seen by the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman. The article comprises three chapters and discusses issues representative of his oeuvre: (1) the problem of remaining faithful to beauty, including literature and art, (2) commitment to the humiliated, among them the poor and the discriminated, and (3) the moral duty of intellectuals to commit themselves to the good and to the transformation of the world. In the concluding part of the paper, the authors point to the most inspiring motifs in Bauman’s output which might be further developed by humanists in the future.

Keywords:

Zygmunt Bauman, modernity, sociology, humanists, beauty

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Published
2024-03-17


CZAPNIK, S., & SNOPEK, M. (2024). Dochować wierności pięknu i upokorzonym. Zygmunta Baumana wizja humanisty. Ethos. Quarterly of The John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of Lublin, 37(1(145). https://doi.org/10.12887/37-2024-1-145-16

Sławomir CZAPNIK 
Katedra Komunikacji Społecznej i Dziennikarstwa, Instytut Nauk o Polityce i Administracji, Uniwersytet Opolski, ul. Katowicka 89, 45-061 Opole, Poland
Mariusz SNOPEK 
Instytut Społecznych Podstaw Penitencjarystyki, Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości, ul. Wiśniowa 50, 02-520 Warszawa; Poland



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