Editor of the Bulgarian journal Critique & Humanism; assistant professor in sociology at Sofia University.
How can contemporary social theories be used to describe our dimensions of human existence? Bauman talks in this interview about the blurred distinctions between postmodernism, late modernity and reflexive modernity and how they apply to current processes of globalisation.
European unification is perceived in Bulagria largely as a Western act and a mechanism of “pushing out” the areas defined as other – such as “the Balkans”. This view emerges during a study of Bulgarian history teachers and their perceptions – and hence the “invisible curriculum” they pass on to their students.
