Corrosion of Character The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism

Name: Corrosion of Character The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
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ISBN: 9780393319873

ISBN-10: 0393319873

ISBN-13: 9780393319873

Edition: 2000

Authors: Richard Sennett

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This work describes, explains and warns Europe against following the road alreadly taken by the U.S. and, perhaps not quite irreversibly, Britain by providing an account of life in high-risk, low-loyalty workplaces.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/17/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 7.17" wide x 8.23" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

ï¿½mile Durkheim(18581917) founded the French school of sociology. His most famous works include The Division of Labor in Societyand The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. Robin Busss most recent translations for Penguin include Dumass The Black Tulip. Richard Sennettis the Bemis Professor of Social Sciences at MIT and a professor of sociology at the London School of Economics.



Preface



Drift: How personal character is attacked by the new capi alism



Routine: An evil of the old capitalism



Flexible: The restructuring of time



Illegible: Why modern forms of labor are difficult to understand



Risk: Why risk-taking has become disorienting and depressing



The Work Ethic: How the work ethic has changed



Failure: Coping with failure



The Dangerous Pronoun: Community as a remedy for the ills of work



Statistical Tables


Notes


Index