'Immersing himself in the whirling uncertainty of late modernity,
confronting its odd deformities of essentialism and exclusion, Jock
Young has produced a comprehensive account of contemporary trouble,
anxiety, and transgression. If this is criminology-and it's surely
criminology of the best sort-it is a criminology able to account
not just for crime and inequality, but for the cultural and the
economic, for the existential and the ontological as well. Perhaps
most importantly, it is a criminology designed to discover in these
intersecting social dynamics real possibilities for critique, hope,
and human transformation. Jock Young's The Vertigo of Late
Modernity is a work of sweeping-dare I say, dizzying-intellect and
imagination.' - Professor Jeff Ferrell, Texas Christian University,
USA, and University of Kent, UK 'This is precisely what readers
would expect from the author of two instant classics: a book that
is bound to become the third. As is his habit, Jock Young launches
a frontal attack on the 'commonsense' of social studies and its
tacit assumptions - as common as they are misleading. Futility of
the 'inclusion vs exclusion', 'contented vs insecure', or indeed
'normal vs deviant' oppositions in the globalised and mediatized
world is exposed and the subtle yet thorough interpenetration of
cultures and porosity of boundaries demonstrated beyond reasonable
doubt. The newly coined analytical categories, like chaos of
rewards and chaos of identity, existential vertigo, bulimic society
or conservative vs liberal modes of othering are bound to become an
indispensable part of social scientific vernacular - and let's hope
that they will, for the sanity and relevance of the social
sciences' sake' - Zygmunt Bauman, Emeritus Professor of Sociology,
University of Leeds 'Jock Young is one of the great figures in the
history of criminology. In this book he prises open paradoxes of
identity in late modernity. We experience an emphasis on
individualism in an era when shallow soil forms a foundation for
self-development. Young deftly analyses shifts in conditions of
work and consumption and the insecurities they engender. This is a
perceptive reformulation of job, family and community in late
modernity' - Professor John Braithwaite, Australian National
University 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 status and of
economic position. He explores the notion of an underclass and its
detachment from the class structure. The book engages with the ways
in which modern society attempts to explain deviant behaviour -
whether it be crime, terrorism or riots - in terms of motivations
and desires separate and distinct from those of the 'normal'. Young
critiques the process of othering whether of a liberal or
conservative variety, and develops a theory of 'vertigo' to
characterise a late modern world filled with inequality and
division. He points toward a transformative politics which tackle
problems of economic injustice and build and cherish a society of
genuine diversity. This major new work engages with some of the
most important issues facing society today. The Vertigo of Late
Modernity is essential reading for academics and advanced students
in the areas of criminology, sociology, cultural studies,
anthropology and the social sciences more broadly.
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