“The book, which has also been translated into German, is one of the very few relevant sociological contributions to understanding the present. In addition to the original six interpretive narratives developed in other contributions (market, technology, citizen, home, inspiration, opinion, environment), they describe the ‘network metaphysics’ as the new dominant habitus, which amounts to (also ideological) flexibility, permanent responsiveness, teamwork, activism, etc., and outline its dark sides. Only on rereading did it become apparent that this habitus, which may have rubbed off on students who are actually critical, has also found its way into the (third-party-funded) scientific sector, that it helps to explain its often astonishing lack of spirit and point of view, and that in this respect it also represents a reflexive sociological study of education and higher education.” (H. Peukert)