The vertigo of late modernity

'This is precisely what readers would expect from the author of two instant classics: a book that is bound to become the third. As in his habit, Jock Young launches a frontal attack on the 'commonsense' of social studies and its tacit assumptions - as common as they are misleading.' - Zygmunt Bauman , Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Leeds. The Vertigo of Late Modernity is a seminal new work by Jock Young, author of the bestselling and highly influential book, The Exclusive Society. In his new work Young describes the sources of late modern vertigo as twofold: insecurities of sta