Of Tourists and Vagabonds

Abstract

Zygmunt Bauman was a Senior philosopher who did not need a previous presentation. His theses have shed light on modern philosophy and sociology globally. For Bauman, the liquid modernity should be understood through the lens of a binomial model, grounded on two main figures: vagabonds and tourists. The postmodern society is structured on an extreme social inequality expressed in the bipolar division between two classes: tourists and vagabonds. Each one is determined by a different degree of freedom of choice, which seems to be the cornerstone of postmodern life. The more freedom of choice each class showed the higher its rank in the postmodern social hierarchy. The chapter discusses the weaknesses and strengths in Bauman's reasoning.

Citation

Korstanje, M.E. (2024), "Of Tourists and Vagabonds", Of Tourists and Vagabonds in the Global South (Tourism Security-Safety and Post Conflict Destinations), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83608-044-220241004