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In "solid Modernity" Difference Was Tolerated As A Temporary Irritant Only, Expected To Disappear Tomorrow, When "those Aliens" Will Become Like Us. "living With Strangers" Was Therefore Not Something To Last And Did Not Call For Developing Appropriate Arts And Skills. Now, However, It Looks Like That Diasporic Context Of Our Living Will Not Go Away - It Will Be There Forever, So Learning How To Live With Strangers Day In, Day Out Without Abandoning My Own Strangeness Is High On The Agenda.
-Zygmunt Bauman
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In "solid Modernity" Difference Was Tolerated As

Zygmunt Bauman
In "solid Modernity" Difference Was Tolerated As A Temporary Irritant Only, Expected To Disappear Tomorrow, When "those Aliens" Will Become Like Us. "living With Strangers" Was Therefore Not Something To Last And Did Not Call For Developing Appropriate Arts And Skills. Now, However, It Looks Like That Diasporic Context Of Our Living Will Not Go Away - It Will Be There Forever, So Learning How To Live With Strangers Day In, Day Out Without Abandoning My Own Strangeness Is High On The Agenda.
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