Table of Contents

Introduction: The Age of Nostalgia 1

1 Back to Hobbes? 13

2 Back to Tribes 49

3 Back to Inequality 86

4 Back to the Womb 118

Epilogue: Looking Forward, For a Change 153

Notes 168

About the Author

Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Leeds.