According to Bauman's diagnosis, the roots of postmodern moral problems lie in the fragmentation of the social context and diverging life interests. In six sociological essays, he sheds light on the fragmented life of modern individuals from various perspectives, such as forms of coexistence, the image of the stranger, the role of violence, and postmodern fears. "He collects social types and their behavior in the social space. His key concept here is ambivalence." (Sven Ahnert) In the history of humanity, three distinctly different strategies can be identified for dealing with this ambivalence: First, the pre-modern era of religious systems, which promised relief through repentance and redemption. Second, modernity, which demanded a world free from the possibility of wrong decisions.