Bauman, Z: Modernity and Ambivalence

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