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Bauman's
analysis
of
heavy
and
light
modernity
can
be
used
to
explain
the
allure
of
the
cell
phone. Cell
phone
users
are
able
to
transcend
the
physical
boundaries
of
heavy
modernity
because
they've
left
part
of
their
bodies
behind
and
transferred
to
'light
modernity'
while
in
'heavy
modernity'.
<ref>(Bauman
2000:114)</ref>
The
light
modern
state
of
the
cell
phone
helps
them
to
transcend
the
heaviness
that
their
body
had
taken
on
when
introduced
to
the
'heavily
modern'
state.
| Bauman's
analysis
of
heavy
and
light
modernity
can
be
used
to
explain
the
allure
of
the
cell
phone. Cell
phone
users
are
able
to
transcend
the
physical
boundaries
of
heavy
modernity
because
they've
left
part
of
their
bodies
behind
and
transferred
to
'light
modernity'
while
in
'heavy
modernity'.
<ref>(Bauman
2000:114)</ref>
The
light
modern
state
of
the
cell
phone
helps
them
to
transcend
the
heaviness
that
their
body
had
taken
on
when
introduced
to
the
'heavily
modern'
state.
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| − | Modern
information,
or
‘light
information’
is
only
accessible
by
hybrids,
or
those
who
are
capable
of
liminally
transforming
into
technosocial
hybrids
or
‘light
industrial’
objects. | + | Modern
information,
or
‘light
information’
is
only
accessible
by
hybrids,
or
those
who
are
capable
of
liminally
transforming
into
technosocial
hybrids
or
‘light
industrial’
objects. For example, "Fordism was self-conscious of modern society in its 'heavy', 'bulky', or 'immobile' and 'rooted', 'solid' phase. At that stage in their joint history, capital, management and labour were all, for better or worse, doomed to stay in one another's company for a long time to come, perhaps for ever - tied down by the combination of huge factory buildings, heavy machinery and massive labor forces.<ref>Bauman, Zygmunt, "[[Liquid Modernity]]".</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:29, 27 June 2011
Definition
The term Heavy Modernity is used to describe a form of modernity tied to physical objects and expensive development. Whereas heavy modernity is rooted to place, mass and size, light modernity is rooted to 'lightness' and the transcendence of time and space, or the physical self.
Bauman's analysis of heavy and light modernity can be used to explain the allure of the cell phone. Cell phone users are able to transcend the physical boundaries of heavy modernity because they've left part of their bodies behind and transferred to 'light modernity' while in 'heavy modernity'. [1] The light modern state of the cell phone helps them to transcend the heaviness that their body had taken on when introduced to the 'heavily modern' state. Modern information, or ‘light information’ is only accessible by hybrids, or those who are capable of liminally transforming into technosocial hybrids or ‘light industrial’ objects. For example, "Fordism was self-conscious of modern society in its 'heavy', 'bulky', or 'immobile' and 'rooted', 'solid' phase. At that stage in their joint history, capital, management and labour were all, for better or worse, doomed to stay in one another's company for a long time to come, perhaps for ever - tied down by the combination of huge factory buildings, heavy machinery and massive labor forces.[2]
References
- ↑ (Bauman 2000:114)
- ↑ Bauman, Zygmunt, "Liquid Modernity".
