"A wide-ranging, nuanced sociological inquiry into the nature of contemporary work."--Choice "[A] vast and ambitious work, which is inscribed in a great tradition of theoretical and critical sociology."--Le Monde "This magnificent book [is] the sociology of a whole generation which capitalism caught on the wrong foot. In more than 800 pages which one devours like a great novel, the book furnishes new weapons for the renewal of the Left."--Liberation "This book will no doubt come to be regarded as a contemporary classic of political economy and political sociology."--Political Studies Review "Ambitious and fascinating."--Le Nouvel Observateur Biografía del autor Luc Boltanski teaches sociology at the EHESS, Paris. He is the author of numerous books, including On Critique: A Sociology of Emancipation. Eve Chiapello is an associate professor at the HEC School of Management, Paris.