The Problem of Liquid Identity

In Liquid Modernity and several subsequent books and articles, Zygmunt Bauman wrote extensively about the widespread changes taking place in contemporary society and the accelerating rate at which some of those changes are occurring. Numerous aspects of society seem to be in a state of continuous flux. This decline in societal stability is troubling in many ways, but perhaps one of its most concerning consequences is its detrimental effect on the ability of many adolescents and young adults to form a solid and stable sense of personal identity.

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