Zygmunt Bauman Quotes

I give lectures on globalization. I have lived on three continents. I have no quarrel with a global consciousness.

We can't afford to live in isolation, and we need to teach our kids that the things that they do not only matter to others far away but impact others who live far away, and there are ripples of effect.

What I'd love to do is work with kids in the U.S. to raise their awareness and encourage them to be global citizens. We're all connected these days; we can listen to the same music as kids all around the world and share our ideas.

The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.

There's definitely a world view among college students that appreciates the need to act in the international community.

However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.

I love traveling. It not only opens my mind up, but it also allows me to use my fame in another way through humanitarian works and stuff, and being an influence around the world.

I'm interested in internationalism. It's the new multiculturalism. How we deal with each other isn't sufficient any more. It's about time we examine how we interact with the rest of the world we live in.

No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity.

The world is a place that is so interconnected that what happens in another part of the world will impact us.

Gradually, everything that happens in the world is coming to be of interest everywhere in the world, and, gradually, thoughtful men and women everywhere are sitting in judgment upon the conduct of all nations.

We're now married to the world. But we keep acting like we're on a big date.

We recognize and accept our own deep involvement in the destiny of men everywhere.

We live in an interdependent world. We depend on one another for prosperity.

Our responsibility is much greater than we might have supposed, because it involves all mankind.

With globalization mounting, the rules teaching us to live globally other than nationally are increasingly becoming meaningful

For the first time in history all people on earth have a common present…. Every country has become the moat immediate neighbor of every other country, and every man feels the shock of events which take place at the other end of the globe.

It's never happened in history that every region in the world could affect every other region simultaneously. The Roman empire and the Chinese empire didn't know much about each other and had no means of interacting. Now we have every continent able to reach every other.

We are living in a global world - but most schools and books still tell us only parochial histories of one particular country or culture. The truth is that there are no longer any independent countries in the world.

It's important that we have a global perspective and look abroad and learn from our neighbors.

Our mission in this new century is clear. For good or ill, we live in an interdependent world. We can't escape each other. Therefore, we have to spend our lives building a global community of shared responsibilities, shared values, shared benefits.

No one who has lived through the second half of the 20th century could possibly be blind to the enormous impact of exchange programs on the future of countries.

I think what travelling has done for me and for many generations of my family - my grandmother was a great example - it's really highlighted for me how similar we all are and how many values we all share as people on this planet.

Europe must learn to live in and with the world, not to dominate it nor to assume it is superior or more virtuous.

Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.