Modernity and Ambivalence

aeo This is a powerful and challenging new work offering a fresh and provocative account of the issues raised by the modernity/postmodernity debate.aeo Bauman is one of the leading social thinkers today.aeo The hardback was highly acclaimed and sold well.

Reviews

'Both parts [of the book] contain powerful critiques which contribute significantly to an area of debate which is rapidly coming to define the very promise of the sociological project.' Sociology
'An argument rich in insight, imposing in its range and reference.' New Statesman and Society

'A fascinating and highly original book which tells the story of modern men and women entrapped in ambivalence.' Agnes Heller, New School for Social Research

'[A] remarkable and passionate text.' Sociology

'Sensitive and intellectually highly stimulating work, Modernity and Ambivalence fuses the parochial and the universal, the historical and the theoretical, in a masterly fashion.' Muslim World Book Review