Bauman, Zygmunt
Strangers at Our Door
In this short book Zygmunt Bauman analyses the origins, contours and impact of this moral panic - he dissects, in short, the present-day migration panic. He shows how politicians have exploited fears and anxieties that have become widespread, especially among those who have already lost so much - the disinherited and the poor. But he argues that the policy of mutual separation, of building walls rather than bridges, is misguided. It may bring some short-term reassurance but it is doomed to fail in the long run. We are faced with a crisis of humanity, and the only exit from this crisis is to recognize our growing interdependence as a species and to find new ways to live together in solidarity and cooperation, amidst strangers who may hold opinions and preferences different from our own.
Keywords: refugees, refugee crisis, migration, Bauman, Europe, Donald Trump, refugees, refugee crisis, migration, Bauman, Europe, Donald Trump, General Sociology
- Author(s)
- Bauman, Zygmunt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2016
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 120 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781509512201
- Printed ISBN
- 9781509512171