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Together : The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation

Richard Sennett

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Together : The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation

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  • Prix européen de l’essai Charles Veillon (2016)
  • Zócalo Book Prize (2012)
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Together : The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation

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ISBN: 9780141022109
Author: Richard Sennett
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Publication: 2013-08-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, Philosophy, Politics
Related Topics: Politics, Sociology, Society
Goodreads rating: 3.81
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Living with people who differ--racially, ethnically, religiously, or economically--is the most urgent challenge facing civil society today. We tend socially to avoid engaging with people unlike ourselves, and modern politics encourages the politics of the tribe rather than of the city. In this thought-provoking book, Richard Sennett discusses why this has happened and what might be done about it.Sennett contends that cooperation is a craft, and the foundations for skillful cooperation lie in learning to listen well and discuss rather than debate. In Together he explores how people can cooperate online, on street corners, in schools, at work, and in local politics. He traces the evolution of cooperative rituals from medieval times to today, and in situations as diverse as slave communities, socialist groups in Paris, and workers on Wall Street. Divided into three parts, the book addresses the nature of cooperation, why it has become weak, and how it could be strengthened. The author warns that we must learn the craft of cooperation if we are to make our complex society prosper, yet he reassures us that we can do this, for the capacity for cooperation is embedded in human nature.
 

  • Prix européen de l’essai Charles Veillon (2016)
  • Zócalo Book Prize (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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