The Corrosion of Character the Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: W. W. Norton
- Publish date: 01/01/2000
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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.
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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.
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