The book decodes the fundamental structures of adolescents' self-images. The dual anomie approach developed for this purpose differs from the common patterns in youth research, which often describe the behavior and self-understanding of young people merely as developmental deficits and deviations from normative standards. The author successfully demonstrates how the dominant socialization field of school confronts students with the discrepancies between educational promises and their selective fulfillment, leading to feelings of overwhelm. Empirical material captures typical student strategies for gaining social-moral recognition beyond grades, resulting in adolescents staging their self-images to showcase the "value" of their personality. A description of youth (sub)cultures (football fans, skinheads, graffiti artists, etc.) illustrates this through their self-presentation rituals.