Publication (142 pages).

As mentioned previously,
liquid modernity is a concept
that characterizes the current
period of modern society. It
describes how the current
conditions of society are in
a constant state of change,
revoking the possibility of
a stable lifestyle with habits
and routines (Bauman 2005).
One of the major changes in
liquid modern society is the
characterization of time and
space. Both of these aspects
change in ways that create
opportunity for hoarding behaviours
to occur. This is due
partially to the quick shift between
modernity periods that
LIQUID MODERNITY
Liquid modernity
is a concept which
describes how the
current conditions
of society are in a
constant state of
change
society has been experiencing;
people may be less able to
adapt to society because of
its constant state of change,
but in liquid modernity this
becomes even more difficult
because of the contradictions
that occur between time and
space. Hoarding behaviours
are especially vulnerable
to these changes, possibly
promoting the increasing
occurrence of accumulative
behaviours.
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