Primary Political Objective According to Zygmunt Bauman. The Commodification of Labour and the Commodification of Consumption in a Solid and Liquid Modernity Cover Image

Nadrzędny cel polityki wedle Zygmunta Baumana. Utowarowienie pracy i utowarowienie konsumpcji w stałej i płynnej nowoczesności
Primary Political Objective According to Zygmunt Bauman. The Commodification of Labour and the Commodification of Consumption in a Solid and Liquid Modernity

Author(s): Sławomir Czapnik
Subject(s): Labor relations, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych UW
Keywords: Zygmunt Bauman; modernity; commodification; labour; consumption;

Summary/Abstract: Using categories developed by the late Zygmunt Bauman, the article focuses on commodification in solid and liquid modernity, which he sees as the overarching goal of politics. In the first part, author discusses the mechanisms of commodification of labour in the heavy, producer phase of modernity, highlighting issues such as panoptic power and Fordist mechanisms of production. It then analyses the commodification of consumption and the individual’s treatment of himself as a commodity. It concludes by writing about the need to de-commodify social relations.

  • Issue Year: 72/2024
  • Issue No: 72
  • Page Range: 48-63
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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