Ways of Life in the Late Modernity

by Helena Kubátová, Karel Čada, Martin Fafejta, Ivan Chorvát, Kateřina Ivanová, Eva Jarošová, Jan Kalenda, Lucie Křeménková, Dušan Lužný, Erika Moravčíková, Ivan Nový, Miloslav Petrusek, Juraj Skačan, Alois Surynek, Urszula Swadźba, Daniel Topinka, Jan Váně, Miluše Vítečková, František Zich

2016 · Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci

The aim of this monograph is to show the contexts in which ways of life are conducted in late modernity, the dimensions of life in late modernity we can identify and how we can descibe and understand them. The fundamental starting point of the monograph is the thesis that late modernity is characterized, amongst other factors, by large number of life forms and ways of life. The monograph is introduced with a chapter entitled Ways of Life in Late Modernity, in which the author attempts to define the concepts of way of life, lifestyle and life architecture, to outline different theoretical approaches to understanding way of life, and to define some characteristics of late modern ways of life. The monograph is further divided into three parts.