The Research Of Metaphorical Writing In Bauman’s Sociology Texts

As the one of the most famous researchers about modernity and post-modernity theme,the famous British sociologist, Zygmunt Bauman didn’t build metaphorical writing system toreflect that he was not only satisfied with the depth of the thoughts, but also a wise thoughtspresentation. He took metaphor as a delicate and powerful way of writing. His sociology textsalways showed a prose style, which also revealed his promise "humanization". Theoretically,Bauman took the views from Holocaust, intellectual perspective dissussing the problems ofmodernity and post-modernity. His views directly accessed to the problem itself, andestablished the interpretation of the out of the ordinary world of discourse style. Realisticallyspeaking, studying Bauman can help us to understand the actual problems and situations ofcontemporary western world on one hand,on the other hand, it provided important practicalsignificance to China,which was in the background of globalization.In recent years, China continued to expand scope of aesthetic research.Theory sociologistshad entered the study from the perspective of texts. There was a trend to translate andpublicate most of Bauman’s research works, but the research was mainly limited to the fieldof science, ethics in social and political science,and most were concentrated in the modernityand post-modernity thoughts, study less about the unique style of his sociology texts. In theprocess of investigation of Bauman’s writing style, it can be found that the social sciencewriting style showed the rich meanings of aesthetics. To take the aesthetics research as studyworks, it was an important dimension of Bauman’s social, attempts from the social sciencetexts. It’s a way to find the hidden meanings of the profound thoughts in writing.This article will take Bauman’s sociology texts into the scope of the study, the modernityand post-modernity as the research perspective, the metaphorical writing the text as theresearch goal, that Bauman’s success is not only his excellent sociological insights andcreative thoughts to appear, but also in his intellect and thoughtful of the practice of literarywriting. Bauman’s main thoughts focused on the topic of Western modernity andpost-modernity,especially the continued focus on the question of the intellectuals. He used the "legislators" and "interpreters" to identify the changes of intellectuals with metaphors. Themodern enlightenment brought intellectual awakening of self identity, intellectuals in ahitherto unknown difficulties of "modernity".In the traditional weakened, the clash ofcivilizations, ideas, cultural exclusion, hand the old paradigm of failture encountered thechallenge. Through the mataphorical writing. Bauman characterized the modern experience ofthe intellectuals. The study about metaphor of Bauman’s writing is not to get the consolidatedviews or conclusions, but trys to think of his writing method to make an attempt, a response.To find a solution is urgent, but Bauman advocating to use sociological thinking to find theown way is more important.Because only in the premise of this open and inclusive, it mayhelp us to think more deeper and further.This paper mainly discussed from four sections, facing by the intellectual’s identitytransformation and identity crisis upheaval. It put on the questions of the intellectualsconsciousness from Bauman’s texts. The problem’s extending implied Bauman’s metaphoricalwriting as intellectuals’ perseverance. By reading the texts, this kind of writing strategies andBauman’s thoughts about modernity and post-modernity had the intrinsic correlation. Baumanused metaphors to talk about the issue in order to release the infinite spaces, as social scienceissues putting forward various possibility. Thus, it can be found, in the face of modernproblems of modernity and post-modernity, Bauman chooesed the post-modernity discoursestrategy to hold the promises of modernity. It also offered a new way to understand the currentdifficulties for all the intellectuals.