Zygmunt Bauman's Approach to the Loss of Meaning of Morality in Postmodern Wars
in: Exploring the Cultural, Moral, and Technological Dimensions of Conflict, Khaled Al- Kassimi,Tuba Işık,Muhammad Fahim,Başak Gezmen, Editor, IGI Global yayınevi, New Hampshire, pp.341-357, 2026
- Publication Type: Book Chapter / Chapter Research Book
- Publication Date: 2026
- Publisher: IGI Global yayınevi
- City: New Hampshire
- Page Numbers: pp.341-357
- Editors: Khaled Al- Kassimi,Tuba Işık,Muhammad Fahim,Başak Gezmen, Editor
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Ataturk University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most important sociologists of the 20th and 21st cen turies, emphasizes that in the new post- modern period, which he calls the liquid modern period, situations such as genocide, war, and massacre continue without any change and that this situation is in line with the basic principles of modernism. The thinker claims that the concept of dehumanization is currently valid and that the weak are destroyed as a result of people disconnected from morality using tech nology incredibly well. Postmodern massacres and wars are based on the absolute rightness of the strong with rational justifications. This study, which conducts a literature review and descriptive analysis, tries to understand postmodern wars from the perspective of Zygmunt Bauman