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Richard Sennett
An exploration of public performance in everyday life, by the leading cultural and social thinker
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Most of us have to work. But is work just a means to an end? In trying to make a living, have we lost touch with the idea of making…
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An acclaimed sociologist's exploration of the connections among performances in life, art, and politics
If discourse is the foundation of democracy, how can the design of our cities empower and enable discourse?
"Never have the potential political consequences of architecture been greater, and never…
Richard Sennett,Jonathan Cobb
How to find dignity and a meaningful life in the modern city
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An acclaimed sociologist's exploration of the connections among performances in life, art, and politics In The Performer, Richard Sennett explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics, and…
R Sennett,Eric Klinenberg
Emile Durkheim
Traditionally, suicide was thought to be a matter of purely individual despair, but Durkheim recognized that the phenomenon had a social dimension. He believed that if anything can explain how…
Respect can be attained by gaining success, by developing talents, through financial independence and by helping others. In this title, the author argues that many who are not able to…
In this sequel to his influential work The Craftsman, Richard Sennett explores how we can learn to cooperate in the intensely tribal, competitive, and self-interested cultures we inhabit
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
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Paris in the nineteenth century was a magnet for Europe’s exiles, among them the Russian genius, Alexander Herzen, who described the experience of displacement from the inside. Richard Sennett plunges…
Reissue of the classic text on how cities should be planned
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A reflection on the past and present of city life, and a bold proposal for its future
Looks at the ways the global form of capitalism affects our lives. This book analyzes how changes in work ethic, in our attitudes toward merit and talent, and in public…
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A Business Week Best Book of the Year…. A devastating and wholly necessary book. -Studs Terkel, author of Working
Are we now so self-absorbed that we take little interest in the world beyond our own lives? Or has public life left no place for individuals to participate? This title…
Living with people who differ - racially, ethnically, religiously or economically - is one of the most urgent challenges facing civil society. This book argues that co-operation needs more than…
Originally published in 2018 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, Great Britain –Copyright page.
Bjoern Warmbrunn
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Arbeit, Betrieb, Organisation und Wirtschaft, Note: sehr gut, Hochschule Zittau/Goerlitz; Standort Goerlitz, Veranstaltung: Kommunikationspsychologie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der folgenden Hausarbeit…
Hendrik Kahlbach
Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Arbeit, Beruf, Ausbildung, Organisation, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In seinem 1998 erschienen Essay Der flexible Mensch zeichnet Richard Sennett ein Bild der…
Richard Sennett (New York University)
Visionary, often brilliant. -Los Angeles Times
This vivid history of the city in Western civilization tells the story of urban life through bodily experience.
A landmark study of urban society, reissued for the 40th anniversary of the original publication with a new epilogue by the author.
Alfred Richard Sennett
Marc Gross-Brandt
Inhaltlich unveranderte Neuauflage. Der Mensch weiss sich in der modernen Welt kaum noch zurecht zu finden. Medial ist er zu einem Sklaven trivialer Information geworden. Das globale Wirtschaftssystem beraubt den…
Matthias Bunzel
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, Note: sehr gut (1,0), Christian-Albrechts-Universitat Kiel (Institut fur Politische Wissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar Moderne politische Theorie , Sprache…
Richard Sennett, Henry Oram
Reprint of the original, first published in 1899.
Pablo Sendra,Richard Sennett
In 1970, Richard Sennett published the groundbreaking The Uses of Disorder, arguing that the ideal of a planned and ordered city was flawed. Fifty years later, Sennett returns to these…
A reflection on the past and present of city life, and a bold proposal for its future In this sweeping work, the preeminent sociologist Richard Sennett traces the anguished relation…
Seeks to revitalize the field of cultural sociology with an emphasis not on abstract theoretical debates but on showing how to put theoretical sources to work in empirical research. This…
Thomas Struth’s inimitable style is showcased in this new compact edition of his striking collection of street views from 1970 to 2010.
14 essays cover cities in United States, Canada, England, France, and Columbia. Contributors include Norman Birnbaum, Stuart Blumin, Michael Frisch, Clyde Griffen, Herbert Gutman, Michael Katz, Peter Knights, Lynn Lees…
Professor Richard Sennett (London School of Economics UK)
Richard Sennett, Henry John Oram
