The Performer : Art, Life, Politics

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.>

Product details

• Authors: Richard Sennett
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 06.02.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781802062793
• ISBN: 978-1-80206-279-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; PHILOSOPHY / Social, MUSIC / History & Criticism, HISTORY / Social History, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, History of Music, Philosophy: aesthetics, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology