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The Corrosion of Character

The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism

By Richard Sennett

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| Paperback | 9780393319873

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In The Corrosion 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 oContinue

In The Corrosion 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. Distinguished by Sennett's "combination of broad historical and literary learning and a reporter's willingness to walk into a store or factory [and] strike up a conversation" (New York Times Book Review), this book "challenges the reader to decide whether the flexibility of modern capitalism . . . is merely a fresh form of oppression" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

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  • The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism By Richard Sennett

    The mind/money connectionEven in the seemingly dry world of money and economics, you can't get away from human psychology. Confidence levels (how they're feeling about the future) among corporate leaders determine investment spending and hiring. Inde ... (read full critics)

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  • It give us another angle to reexaminate the new econmoics, especial "team work","flexibility", "user friendly" etc,all these terms we think are positive.

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    zai912 said on Jul 30, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • This is a very well written book which is worth reading for everyone who is interested in sociology of industry or other related fields in social sciences. The ethnographic writing style of the author is attractive and amazing that the readers can easily appreciate the arguments and analysis of the ... (continue)

    This is a very well written book which is worth reading for everyone who is interested in sociology of industry or other related fields in social sciences. The ethnographic writing style of the author is attractive and amazing that the readers can easily appreciate the arguments and analysis of the issues he is trying to provide with.

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    Chenmj00 said on Jun 14, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • Good clear writing

    I have a few of his other works but this describes how we have been stretched by the new freedoms that technology and organisation have provided and what it has cost us in terms of our identity. It is extremely relevant to the changes that social networking and online identity will cause.

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    StevieFBoy said on Dec 1, 2006 | Add your feedback

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