The Fall of The Public Man

Resumen del libro

Are we now so self-absorbed that we take little interest in the world beyond our own lives? Or has public life left no place for individuals to participate?

The Fall of Public Man examines the imbalance between private and public experience, and the decline of involvement in political life in recent decades. Tracing the changing nature of urban society from the eighteenth century to the world we now live in, Richard Sennett discusses the causes of our social withdrawal and asks what can bring us to reconnect with our communities. His landmark study of the imbalance of modern civilization provides a fascinating perspective on the relationship between public life and the cult of the individual.

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