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1、08Bauman(JB/K)9/11/0110:08amPage137TheGreatWarofRecognitionZygmuntBaumanAIDBRUNOLATOUR:‘wemightbeleavingthetimeoftime–suc-Scessionsandrevolutions–andenteringaverydifferenttime/space:thatofcoexistence’.Thetypeofchangethatitishopedwillsweepcleanthelumb
2、erandmessfromthesocialsitefortheeagerland-developerstostartworkonitfromscratchisnolongeronthecardsinourtime/spaceof‘liquidmodernity’.1Thereismorechangethesedaysthaneverbefore–but(asMilanKunderaobserved)changenowadaysisasdisorderlyasthestateofaffairsw
3、hichitismeanttoreplaceandwhichhasprompteditinthefirstplace.Thingstodayaremovingsideways,aslantoracrossratherthanforward,oftenbackward,butasarulethemoversareunsureoftheirdirec-tionandthenatureofsuccessivestepsishotlycontested.Changeshappenalloverthepla
4、ceandallthetime–sometimesconverging,someothertimesdiverging.Onechangestartsbeforeanotherhasbeencompletedand,mostimportantly,thesedimentsandimprintsofonechangearenotwipedcleanorerasedbeforeanotherchangestartstoscatteritsown.Inshort–formsoflifedonotsuc
5、ceedeachother:theysettleasideeachother,clashandmix,crowdtogetherinthesametime/spaceandareboundtodosoforalongtimetocome.‘Thereisstillanarrowoftime’,saysLatour,‘butitnolongergoesfromslaverytofreedom,itgoesfromentanglementtomoreentanglement.’Likebefore(
6、perhapsmorethaneverbefore),the‘greatsimplification’,re-makingtheworldtoorder,isadreamdreamtbymany,butmorethaneverbeforeitlookslikeapipe-dream.Varietyoflife-formsisheretostay.Andsoistheimperativeoftheircoexistence.Coexistencecomesinmanyshapesandcolours
7、.Oneoftheseshapes–abasiconeinfact(asGeorgSimmelexplainedwellbeforemostsociolo-gistsnotedthattherewassomethingtoexplain)–isconfrontationandstrife.Conflictisthebirth-actofcoexistence(sincecoexistenceisastatethatneedstobeborndailyanew,tospeakofabirth-pro
8、cessratherthanactwouldbemoretothepoint).Conflictmeansengagement,anditisinthecourseofTheory,Culture&Society2001(SAGE,London,ThousandOaksandNewDelhi),Vol.18(2–3):137–150[0263-2764(200104/06)18:2–3;137–150;017481]08Bauman(JB/K)9/11/0110:08amPage138138Th
