`The new introduction is a fine piece of work ... the book is even more timely today than it was fifteen years ago when the first edition was published' - Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism`Escape Attempts pays homage to the diverse, often ingenious ways in which people everywhere set about constructing fragile architecture round themselves capable of withstanding the dreary pressures not just of `paramount reality' but of sociological theory itself' - Dick Hebdidge, author of Hiding In The Light

• Introduction to the Second Edition: Life after Postmodernism; Chapter 1 Open Prison; Chapter 2 The Mental Management of Routine; Chapter 3 The Nightmare of Repetition; Chapter 4 The Inner Theatre of the Mind; Chapter 5 Free Areas, Escape Routes and Identity Sites; Chapter 6 Getting it Together; Chapter 7 Momentary Slips through the Fabric; Chapter 8 Over the Wall; Chapter 9 A Case of Mistaken Identity; Notes and References;

`The new introduction is a fine piece of work ... the book is even more timely today than it was fifteen years ago when the first edition was published' - Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism`Escape Attempts pays homage to the diverse, often ingenious ways in which people everywhere set about constructing fragile architecture round themselves capable of withstanding the dreary pressures not just of `paramount reality' but of sociological theory itself' - Dick Hebdidge, author of Hiding In The Light

• Introduction to the Second Edition: Life after Postmodernism; Chapter 1 Open Prison; Chapter 2 The Mental Management of Routine; Chapter 3 The Nightmare of Repetition; Chapter 4 The Inner Theatre of the Mind; Chapter 5 Free Areas, Escape Routes and Identity Sites; Chapter 6 Getting it Together; Chapter 7 Momentary Slips through the Fabric; Chapter 8 Over the Wall; Chapter 9 A Case of Mistaken Identity; Notes and References;

`The new introduction is a fine piece of work ... the book is even more timely today than it was fifteen years ago when the first edition was published' - Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism`Escape Attempts pays homage to the diverse, often ingenious ways in which people everywhere set about constructing fragile architecture round themselves capable of withstanding the dreary pressures not just of `paramount reality' but of sociological theory itself' - Dick Hebdidge, author of Hiding In The Light

• Introduction to the Second Edition: Life after Postmodernism; Chapter 1 Open Prison; Chapter 2 The Mental Management of Routine; Chapter 3 The Nightmare of Repetition; Chapter 4 The Inner Theatre of the Mind; Chapter 5 Free Areas, Escape Routes and Identity Sites; Chapter 6 Getting it Together; Chapter 7 Momentary Slips through the Fabric; Chapter 8 Over the Wall; Chapter 9 A Case of Mistaken Identity; Notes and References;