Contradiction and inconsistency of the liquid modernity in terms of the culture

Contradiction and inconsistency of the liquid modernity in terms of culture – the theme issues focus on contradictions in the cultural system of complex postmodern societies. Culture as a pattern of norms and values has paramount importance in building structure of social and individual life. As a result, the modernization is increasingly at odds with the real welfare unit, due to the impact of different voltages and incompatibility compared to the cultural trends and traditions. Issues of social progress become relative, because technological determinism is not offset by humanistic reflection for the purpose and meaning of social change. State of the permanent change leads to erosion and inconsistencies of relational activities, which does not meet the demands of integrity. Additionally, it increasingly resembles a performance or the theatre of everyday life. The reality of current civilization processes shows the fulfilment of negative vision created by some sociologist and humanists involved in the social prognosis. On the threshold of late modernity, they wrote about the future shock (A. Toffler) uncertainty (J.K. Galbraith) and discontinuities (P.F. Drucker). Accordingly, the achieved social status cannot be fully subjective. Contemporary, stratification forms approach society rather to the global pre-precaric existence than expected prosperity. In contrast, postmodernism culture is in a prominent manner, which intensifies threats and does not show the scenarios for the future of humanity.

Artykuł piąty z numeru UCS 2017: 19(2)