Examples of current attitudes (9)
I believe the answer is:
instances
'examples' is the definition.
(I know this)
'current attitudes' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'attitudes' becomes 'stances' (stance is a kind of attitude).
'in'+'stances'='INSTANCES'
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for instances that I've seen before include "Examples, illustrations" , "Incessant (anag)" .)