ZYGMUNT BAUMAN is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. His books have become international bestsellers and have been translated into more than thirty languages. REIN RAUD is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and has been a member of the Estonian Institute of Humanities in Talinn since its founding in 1988.

• Preface vii1 Starting Out 12 Selves in Language 193 Performing Selves 394 Self-Realization 595 Connected Selves 756 The Composition of Selves 101Afterword – ZB 121Afterword – RR 131References 139Index 145

ZYGMUNT BAUMAN is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. His books have become international bestsellers and have been translated into more than thirty languages. REIN RAUD is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and has been a member of the Estonian Institute of Humanities in Talinn since its founding in 1988.

• Preface vii1 Starting Out 12 Selves in Language 193 Performing Selves 394 Self-Realization 595 Connected Selves 756 The Composition of Selves 101Afterword – ZB 121Afterword – RR 131References 139Index 145

ZYGMUNT BAUMAN is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. His books have become international bestsellers and have been translated into more than thirty languages. REIN RAUD is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and has been a member of the Estonian Institute of Humanities in Talinn since its founding in 1988.

• Preface vii1 Starting Out 12 Selves in Language 193 Performing Selves 394 Self-Realization 595 Connected Selves 756 The Composition of Selves 101Afterword – ZB 121Afterword – RR 131References 139Index 145