Del proyecto moderno al mundo líquido. Conversación con Zygmunt Bauman*

This interview was actually conducted at two different occasions: the first one on the 10th of May 2015 and the second one the 10th of December of that same year. The final written interview respects the chronology of the questions asked in May and December. Both took place at Zygmunt Bauman's house in the suburbs of Leeds. In these conversations with Simon Tabet, Bauman narrates important parts of his biographical and intellectual itineraries, from his formative years at the University of Warsaw, his Polish exile and final settlement in England, and how this influenced his sociological vision, as an “outsider”. Bauman considers some central concepts of his thought, his main sources of critical inspiration, and his position on such contemporary phenomena as the rise of populism and terrorism in Europe and the consequent relationship between politics and insecurity.