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1、02Bauman(jr/d)7/11/022:57PMPage15THE20THCENTURY:THEENDORABEGINNING?ZygmuntBaumanABSTRACTContrarytoitsheapingdisasters,variousactorsandinterpretersviewedthe20thcenturyasthecenturyofprogress.ThiswasastrueofcertainMarxists,orcommunists,asitwasofAmericanistssuchasParsons.Thetemp-tationwastoviewthecent
2、ury,eveninprogress,asresult,toviewchangeasthepreconditionratherthanastheprocess.Capitalismandmodernityliveon,rather,inthepermanentrevolutionofliquidmodernity.Capitalist,oratleastliberal-democratic,andsocialistutopiasneverthelessbehavedasthoughper-petualpeacewaspossible,ifnotimpending.Uncertaintyan
3、dcontingencyreignedineverydaylife,ifnotinintellectualorprogressiveculture.Onlynowdoestheserpentagainhaveitstailinitsmouth.KEYWORDScontingency•liberalism•Marxism•progress•uncertaintyThepoetVladimirMayakovskywarnedhiscontemporariesagainstthenotjustsilly,butdangeroushabitofjumpingtoconclusions:‘Don’t
4、paintepiccanvasesduringrevolutions;theywilltearthecanvasinshreds’.Mayakovskyknewwhathewastalkingabout.LikesomanyothertalentedSovietwriters,hetastedtothelastdropthefragilityoffortune’sfavoursandtheslynessofitspranks.PaintingepiccanvassesmaybeasaferoccupationforthepaintershereandnowthanitwasinMayako
5、vsky’stimeandplace,butthisdoesnotmakeanysaferthefutureofsuchcanvasses.Epiccan-vasseskeepbeingtorninshredsanddumpedatrubbishtips.Mayakovsky’ssoberobservationacquiresparticulargravityatthemomentwhensummingupthelogic(orillogicality?)ofthelasttortuous100yearsofourjointhistorybecomesapopularpastimeforu
6、sallandalmostacompulsionforpro-fessionalthinkers.Thesummaryofacenturyisnotaone-offaffair.Asthedistancefromthesummarizedtime-spanstretchesandthesubsequentexperiencegrowsinThesisEleven,Number70,August2002:15–25SAGEPublications(London,ThousandOaks,CAandNewDelhi)Copyright©2002SAGEPublicationsandThesis
7、ElevenPtyLtd[0725-5136(200208)70;15–25;025313]02Bauman(jr/d)7/11/022:57PMPage1616ThesisEleven(Number702002)volume,thelinedividingtheimportantfromtheunimportant,thelastingsignificancefromtransientextravagancywillbe
