ANTHONY ELLIOTT is Dean of External Engagement at the University of South Australia, where he is Executive Director of the Hawke EU Centre and Research Professor of Sociology. He is also Global Professor (Visiting) of Sociology at Keio University, Japan. He is the author and editor of over 40 books, translated into over a dozen languages

A compelling and original analysis of the impact of the digital revolution upon everyday life, the self and the body - Anthony Giddens, House of Lords and the London School of Economics, UKAnthony Elliott is one of the foremost scholars on identity. In this new book, he builds on his previous work by taking into account the significant changes in this new century of modes of constructing and performing identity. This book is theoretically sophisticated, but Elliott writes in such an accessible and interesting way that readers will find themselves learning much about the complexity of contemporary issues, problems and practices of identities. -Deborah Lupton, Centenary Research Professor News & Media Research, University of Canberra, AustraliaA really exciting and comprehensive dissection of many different identity troubles in an accelerating, trans-human world on the move - a world of invention, celebrity and makeover. – Professor John Urry, Distinguished Prof of Sociology and Co-Director Institute for Social Futures, Lancaster University, UK

• Introduction: Identity Troubles Part I: Theories of Identity 1. Identity, Individualism, Individualization: Three versions of the self, with Charles Lemert 2. The Theory of New Individualism 3. Identity Weakened? The reinvention of imagination in the age of globalization 4. Experimental Worlds: On posthuman identity Part II: Practices of Identity 5. Accelerated Identity: Five theses on the self, with Eric L. Hsu 6. Drastic Plastic: Identity in the age of makeover 7. New Global Elites: On new individualist arts of escape 8. Digital Lives, Miniaturized Mobilities and Identity 9. DIY Self-Design: Experimentation Across Global Airports with David Radford

ANTHONY ELLIOTT is Dean of External Engagement at the University of South Australia, where he is Executive Director of the Hawke EU Centre and Research Professor of Sociology. He is also Global Professor (Visiting) of Sociology at Keio University, Japan. He is the author and editor of over 40 books, translated into over a dozen languages

A compelling and original analysis of the impact of the digital revolution upon everyday life, the self and the body - Anthony Giddens, House of Lords and the London School of Economics, UKAnthony Elliott is one of the foremost scholars on identity. In this new book, he builds on his previous work by taking into account the significant changes in this new century of modes of constructing and performing identity. This book is theoretically sophisticated, but Elliott writes in such an accessible and interesting way that readers will find themselves learning much about the complexity of contemporary issues, problems and practices of identities. -Deborah Lupton, Centenary Research Professor News & Media Research, University of Canberra, AustraliaA really exciting and comprehensive dissection of many different identity troubles in an accelerating, trans-human world on the move - a world of invention, celebrity and makeover. – Professor John Urry, Distinguished Prof of Sociology and Co-Director Institute for Social Futures, Lancaster University, UK

• Introduction: Identity Troubles Part I: Theories of Identity 1. Identity, Individualism, Individualization: Three versions of the self, with Charles Lemert 2. The Theory of New Individualism 3. Identity Weakened? The reinvention of imagination in the age of globalization 4. Experimental Worlds: On posthuman identity Part II: Practices of Identity 5. Accelerated Identity: Five theses on the self, with Eric L. Hsu 6. Drastic Plastic: Identity in the age of makeover 7. New Global Elites: On new individualist arts of escape 8. Digital Lives, Miniaturized Mobilities and Identity 9. DIY Self-Design: Experimentation Across Global Airports with David Radford

ANTHONY ELLIOTT is Dean of External Engagement at the University of South Australia, where he is Executive Director of the Hawke EU Centre and Research Professor of Sociology. He is also Global Professor (Visiting) of Sociology at Keio University, Japan. He is the author and editor of over 40 books, translated into over a dozen languages

A compelling and original analysis of the impact of the digital revolution upon everyday life, the self and the body - Anthony Giddens, House of Lords and the London School of Economics, UKAnthony Elliott is one of the foremost scholars on identity. In this new book, he builds on his previous work by taking into account the significant changes in this new century of modes of constructing and performing identity. This book is theoretically sophisticated, but Elliott writes in such an accessible and interesting way that readers will find themselves learning much about the complexity of contemporary issues, problems and practices of identities. -Deborah Lupton, Centenary Research Professor News & Media Research, University of Canberra, AustraliaA really exciting and comprehensive dissection of many different identity troubles in an accelerating, trans-human world on the move - a world of invention, celebrity and makeover. – Professor John Urry, Distinguished Prof of Sociology and Co-Director Institute for Social Futures, Lancaster University, UK

• Introduction: Identity Troubles Part I: Theories of Identity 1. Identity, Individualism, Individualization: Three versions of the self, with Charles Lemert 2. The Theory of New Individualism 3. Identity Weakened? The reinvention of imagination in the age of globalization 4. Experimental Worlds: On posthuman identity Part II: Practices of Identity 5. Accelerated Identity: Five theses on the self, with Eric L. Hsu 6. Drastic Plastic: Identity in the age of makeover 7. New Global Elites: On new individualist arts of escape 8. Digital Lives, Miniaturized Mobilities and Identity 9. DIY Self-Design: Experimentation Across Global Airports with David Radford