'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
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.