Abstract
This interview with one of the world’s leading sociologists, Zygmunt Bauman, explores how his work on liquid modernity, consumerism, space, hospitality, the ‘full planet’ and extra territoriality impact on tourism theory. This interview launches perhaps a new concept, that of ‘the tourist syndrome’ and examines the importance of tourism in providing a platform for the exploration of difference and otherness. As with all of his work Bauman is keen to identify the ethical nature of social activities such as tourism.
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