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

Richard Sennett es profesor honorario del Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose en Bartlett, University College of London, miembro del Council of Urban Iniatiatives de ONU-Habitat y Chair de Theatrum Mundi de LSE Cities. Como consultor de la ONU, lleva más de treinta años asesorando en proyectos de desarrollo urbano. Entre sus muchas obras se incluyen "La corrosión del carácter: Las consecuencias personales del trabajo en el nuevo capitalismo", "El artesano", "Construir y habitar: ética para la ciudad" o "Carne y piedra. El cuerpo y la ciudad en la civilización occidental", publicado en Alianza Editorial.