Modernity and its transformations according to Zygmunt Bauman

The Crisis of Modernity and its Transformations in Zygmunt Baumann from Solid to Liquid Dr. Hassan Assi Academic and researcher in anthropology Introduction: Modernity is one of the most controversial concepts in contemporary philosophical and social thought, as it was not just a historical stage or an organizational pattern, but rather a comprehensive epistemological and ethical project that sought to reshape the world according to the principles of rationality, progress, and control over nature and society. However, this project, which in its first moments seemed promising and full of confidence, soon faced structural and ethical challenges that exposed its internal fragility, leading to the emergence of the so-called "crisis of modernity." In this context, he highlights The Polish thinker Zygmunt Baumann, as one of the most prominent theorists who has dealt with this crisis from a deep critical perspective, has proposed an analytical conception of the transformation of modernity from its "solid" to its "liquid" state, referring to the disintegration of the fixed structures that framed social life, transforming it into flexible, changing, and unstable patterns.