GS101 Lecture Notes - Tim Hortons
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Zygmunt bauman (born in 1925, poland- uses of poverty: the way we think) This is a philosophical article, a left wing intellectual. Often distended bellies are a sign of malnutrition. Bauman says the sight of the poor keeps the non-poor at bay and in step . Sight: the visual experience, act of seeing, television, tim hortons. At bay/ in step: obedient to the system, do the things that are required for us to be a part of society, By seeing images of poverty, it makes us fearful that we might become poor. So, we keep buying and consuming society is perpetuated. Poverty serves us as a warning us, to earn as much as we can, lest we become the poor. Bauman says this is like a play that we did not audition for. Ultimately, bauman is providing a critique of modernity, capitalism, and globalization.
