Results for "Sennett, Richard"

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 everyday experience. It focuses on the bodily and physical dimensions ... Read More about The Performer: Art, Life, 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 has the political sensibility of architecture been less.”This was the state of the discipline that socia... Read More about Democracy and Urban Form (Sternberg Press / The Incidents)

A reflection on the past and present of city life, and a bold proposal for its future   “Constantly stimulating ideas from a veteran of urban thinking.”—Jonathan Meades, The Guardian   In this sweeping work, the preeminent sociologist Richard Sennett traces the anguished relation between h... Read More about Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City

A landmark study of urban society, reissued for the 40th anniversary of the original publication with a new epilogue by the author. A sweeping, farsighted study of the changing nature of public culture and urban society, The Fall of Public Man spans more than two centuries of Western sociopolitical ... Read More about The Fall of Public Man

In his most ambitious book to date, Richard Sennett offers an original perspective on craftsmanship and its close connections to work and ethical values   “[Sennett] compellingly explores the universe of skilled work.”—Brian C. Anderson, Wall Street Journal   Craftsmanship, says Richard Se... Read More about The Craftsman