Respect - The Formation of Character in an Age of Inequality

Informationen zum Autor Richard Sennett grew up in the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago, attended the Julliard School in New York and then studied social relations at Harvard. Over the last five decades, he has written about social life in cities, changes in labour and social theory. His books include The Hidden Injuries of Class , The Fall of Public Man , The Corrosion of Character , The Culture of the New Capitalism , The Craftsman and Building and Dwelling . Sennett has advised the United Nations on urban issues for the past thirty years and currently serves as member of the UN Committee on Urban Initiatives. He is Visiting Professor of Urban Studies at Harvard. Among other awards, he has received the Hegel Prize, the Spinoza Prize and the Centennial Medal from Harvard University. Klappentext Richard Sennett's previous works include The Fall of Public Man, The Corrosion of Character and Flesh and Stone. He taught for many years at the New York Institute of the Humanities and is now a Professor at the London School of Economics. Zusammenfassung 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 achieve the demands of today's meritocracy lose the esteem that should be given to them.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Sennett
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2004
• EAN: 9780141007564
• ISBN: 978-0-14-100756-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 200 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Penguin Pocketbooks; Penguin Pocketbooks
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ungleichheit, Sozialverhalten, Charakter, Social and cultural anthropology, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Global North / Industrialized or developed countries