Bauman and Freud - Postmodern Ethics

“Postmodernity, one may say, is modernity without illusions” (Bauman, p. 32). To what extent would you say this absence of illusions characterizes not only Bauman’s Postmodern Ethics but also Freud’s Civilization And Its Discontents? Postmodernity, according to Zygmunt Bauman, is characterized simply as modernity without illusions. Bauman believes strongly that being true and being postmodern are two directly related situations. Postmodernism, as Bauman states, is the state in which people, without a doubt, “know” the truth ar…

…would come from society’s opinions for the person in question – a person would be able to better himself with the help of another’s judgment. Thus, while Bauman has faith and trust in humans for the most part, Freud believes in an intercommunicating society as a way to success.