'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.' <i>Sociology</i> <p>'An argument rich in insight, imposing in its range and reference.' <i>New Statesman and Society</i></p> <p>'A fascinating and highly original book which tells the story of modern men and women entrapped in ambivalence.' <i>Agnes Heller, New School for Social Research</i></p> <p>'[A] remarkable and passionate text.' <i>Sociology</i></p> <p>'Sensitive and intellectually highly stimulating work, <i>Modernity and Ambivalence</i> fuses the parochial and the universal, the historical and the theoretical, in a masterly fashion.' <i>Muslim World Book Review</i></p>
1. The Scandal of Ambivalence.
2. Social Construction of Ambivalence.
3. Self-Construction of Ambivalence.
4. A Case Study in the Sociology of Assimilation (I):.
Trapped in Ambivalence.
5. A Case Study in the Sociology of Assimilation (II):.
Revenge of Ambivalence.
6. Privatization of Ambivalence.
7. Postmodernity, or Living with Ambivalence.