This is not a diary: while these observations were recorded in
autumn 2010 and spring 2011 in the form of dated entries, they are
not a personal reflection but an attempt to capture signs of our
times in their movement - possibly at birth, at a stage when they
are still barely perceptible, and in any case before they have
matured into common, all too familiar forms, escaping our attention
due to their banality. Some will perhaps settle in our daily life
for a long time to come, others will fade and vanish before they
would otherwise have a chance to be noted, recorded and explored in
depth: in our fast-moving, protean and kaleidoscopic world, it is
hardly possible to predict their future course and to decide in
advance which of them will grow in volume and significance and
which will prove to have been still-born. Whatever their fate, the
author tried to take a leaf from William Blake's precept of seeing
the universe in a grain of sand - and, having done so, alert us to
what is or may be happening to our individual lives, forms of
togetherness, shared prospects; to the ways we perceive and relate
to each other, the forces that shape our life chances and
itineraries; and to the ways we try to control, or at least
influence, and sometimes even reform for the better, some or all
those dimensions of our existence.
These timely meditations by one of the most perceptive social
thinkers of our time will appeal to a wide range of readers.
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