contemporary sociology

With the concept of “liquid modernity”, Zygmunt Bauman offers a striking diagnosis of contemporary society: our world, he argues, has lost its solid forms. What used to be stable and predictable—work, relationships, life paths—is now flexible, uncertain, and in constant flux. Modernity has become liquid: structures dissolve, reference points vanish, and individuals are increasingly left

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Introduction Sociology is an empirical and theoretical discipline. In addition to its applied topics and theories (presented here), the field is also defined by its engagement with foundational theoretical perspectives. The works collected below can be considered key works of sociology. Spanning over 150 years of theory-building, these texts are considered classics: they have been

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