Zygmunt Bauman has been one of the most influent sociologists of the last century and of the first two decades of the present century. Among his dozens of books, Modernity and the Holocaust and Liquid Modernity. Agostino Portera is Professor at the University of Verona, Italy and visiting Professor all over the world. As a prominent expert of intercultural studies he has published many books in Italian and English.Riccardo Mazzeo is an editor, an essayist and a translator. His published books include In Education and In Praise of Literature with Zygmunt Bauman.

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• Part 1: Introduction (Riccardo Mazzeo) IntroductionPart 2: The dialogue between the authors (Zygmunt Bauman and Agostino Portera) 1. Risks and challenges of globalisation, interdependence and cultural pluralism 2. Religious pluralism: clash of civilisations or opportunity of encounter?3. Pollution and loss of biodiversity: is the human species at risk of extinction? 4. Identity in a time of glocalization and liquid modernity Part 3: Conclusions (Agostino Portera) Conclusions

Zygmunt Bauman has been one of the most influent sociologists of the last century and of the first two decades of the present century. Among his dozens of books, Modernity and the Holocaust and Liquid Modernity. Agostino Portera is Professor at the University of Verona, Italy and visiting Professor all over the world. As a prominent expert of intercultural studies he has published many books in Italian and English.Riccardo Mazzeo is an editor, an essayist and a translator. His published books include In Education and In Praise of Literature with Zygmunt Bauman.

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• Part 1: Introduction (Riccardo Mazzeo) IntroductionPart 2: The dialogue between the authors (Zygmunt Bauman and Agostino Portera) 1. Risks and challenges of globalisation, interdependence and cultural pluralism 2. Religious pluralism: clash of civilisations or opportunity of encounter?3. Pollution and loss of biodiversity: is the human species at risk of extinction? 4. Identity in a time of glocalization and liquid modernity Part 3: Conclusions (Agostino Portera) Conclusions