The Fall of Public Man. On the social psychology of capitalism

Издательство: Vintage Books

ISBN: 0-394-72420-8

“A vigorous member of that now rare species, the liberal culture-critic, Richard Sennett presses social theory and historical experience to his service in developing a provocative thesis: that the public world stage has been usurped by the private psychic scene, to the detriment of both individual and society. Sennett’s quest for the causes of the impoverishment of civic life in modern industrial society opens fascinating perspectives into the relationships between of the family. Deliberately speculative, yet richly detailed, The Fall of Public Man is one of those works that is germinal, not terminal.” – Carl E. Schorske

“Seldom have I read a serious work of social theory that explains as much contemporary experience as Sennett’s volume does.” - Robert Lekachman, Saturday Review.

“One of the most stimulating and challenging books to be written in years.” – Christoper Lehman-Haupt, The New Your Times

“An achievement of the highest order.” – Richard Margolis, Bookletter.

“A book that must be read by any serious student of social theory and contemporary society.” – Boston Globe.