ZYGMUNT BAUMAN: SELFHOOD?

Zygmunt Bauman & Rein Raud, Practices of Selfhood (Cambridge, England, & Walton, Massachusetts: Polity, 2015) ("How does an individual understand her or his position in the world? Are we determined by our genetic heritage, social circumstances, and cultural preferences--and only tricked into believing that we make our own choices? Or are we autonomous--wholly or partly--and, if so, then to what degree? Are we or are we not autonomous enough to control and change the legacy fare has landed us with? How does selfhood emerge? Does it follow the same pattern of develop,met in all people, all cultures, all ages? Or is it itself a socio-cultural construct that should be viewed in its historical context? If so, them what is happening right now--are the patterns of selfhood changing in the present world? Does contemporary technology allow us more autonomy--or does it tempt us to give up the freedoms we have?" "A host of questions . .  . All the dilemmas form thwack they arise could be plotted on the same axis--one end of which is designated by fate and the determination and the other by choice and freedom." Id. at vii-viii.).