The Corrosion of Character

Resumen del libro

In The Corossion of Character Richard Sennett among the country's most distinguished thinkers ... has concentrated into 176 pages a profoundly affecting argument. Business Week that draws on interviews with dismissed IBM executives bakers, a bartender turned advertising executive and many others to call into question the terms of our new economy.

In his 1972 classic, The Hidden Injuries of Class written with Jonathan Cobb Sennett interviewed a man he called Enrico, a hardworking janitor whose life was structured by a union pay schedule and given meaning by his sacrifices for the future. In this new book -- a 1 bestseller in Germany -- Sennett explores the contemporary scene characterized by Enrico's son. Rico whose life is more materially successful yet whose work lacks long-term commitments or loyalties.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Richard Sennet, sociólogo y profesor de la prestigiosa London School of Economics, es autor de algunos de los ensayos más provocadores e incisivos de nuestro tiempo sobre el trabajo, la familia y las clases sociales, entre los que destaca "La corrosión del carácter", Premio Europa de Sociología, que tuvo una extraordianria acogida internacional.x{0026}lt;/p