The Fall of Public Man

Richard Sennett

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English

Penguin
10 July 2003

Social & cultural history; Society & Social Sciences; Social theory

THE FALL OF PUBLIC MAN is a book in the great tradition of sociological scholarship.

Sennett writes first of the tension between the public and private realms in which we live, arguing that different types of behaviour and activity are appropriate in each.

He argues that the barrier between these different realms has been eroded, and that this breakdown is so profound that public man has been left with no certain idea of his role in society.

Sennett sees the development of the city as the single most important element of the social change he describes, and puts his argument in its historical perspective through an analysis of the changes in our built environment from the 18th century to the present day.

By: Richard Sennett
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9780141007571
ISBN 10: 0141007575
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 10 July 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Sennett now works at the LSE where he runs their Cities Programme. His previous publications include his best-seller THE CORROSION OF CHARACTER. His next book, RESPECT: THE FORMATION OF CHARACTER IN A WORLD OF INEQUALITY, will be publishedby Allen Lane in January 2003.

Reviews for The Fall of Public Man

One of the most stimulating and challenging books to be written in years. . . . A major attempt . . . to re-examine the assumptions and objectives of the 1960s and transcend them without compromising their ideals. One admires the breadth of Professor Sennett's erudition, the reach of his historical imagination. . . . By all means buy this book and read it. --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

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