Europe

"Today Europe is unsure of itself and its place in a fast-changing world; it is devoid of vision, limited in resources and lacking the will to pursue its vocation. It is also struggling with the consequences of a one-sided process of globalization which is divorcing power from politics, inciting the shift from the social state to security-focused governance and piling up the casualties of uncontrolled market expansion and the ethically blind commercialization of human life." "Bauman argues that despite the odds Europe still has much to offer in dealing with the great challenges that face us in the twnety-first century. Through sharing its own hard-won historical lessons, Europe can play a vital role in moving from the Hobbesian world in which we find ourselves today towards the kind of peaceful unification of humanity that was once envisioned by Kant."--Jacket.