Together : the rituals, pleasures, and politics of cooperation / Richard Sennett.
2012
302.14 S478t 2012
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Title
Together : the rituals, pleasures, and politics of cooperation / Richard Sennett.
Author
ISBN
9780300116335 (hbk.)
0300116330
0300116330
Imprint
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
xi, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
302.14 S478t 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)767840222
(OCoLC)767840222
(OCoLC)767840222
Summary
Discusses why people tend to avoid social engagement with those unlike themselves, why increased cooperation is necessary to make society prosper, and the skills necessary for strengthening cooperation.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-302) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: The cooperative frame of mind
Pt. 1: Cooperation shaped. "The social question" : reformers in Paris explore a puzzle ; The fragile balance : competition and cooperation in nature and culture ; The "great unsettling" : how the Reformation transformed cooperation
Pt. 2: Cooperation weakened. Inequality : imposed and absorbed in childhood ; The social triangle : how social relations become embittered at work ; The uncooperative self : the psychology of withdrawal
Pt. 3: Cooperation strengthened. The workshop : making and repairing ; Everyday diplomacy : Reformation conversations put to practical use ; The community : practising commitment ; Coda: Montaigne's cat.
Pt. 1: Cooperation shaped. "The social question" : reformers in Paris explore a puzzle ; The fragile balance : competition and cooperation in nature and culture ; The "great unsettling" : how the Reformation transformed cooperation
Pt. 2: Cooperation weakened. Inequality : imposed and absorbed in childhood ; The social triangle : how social relations become embittered at work ; The uncooperative self : the psychology of withdrawal
Pt. 3: Cooperation strengthened. The workshop : making and repairing ; Everyday diplomacy : Reformation conversations put to practical use ; The community : practising commitment ; Coda: Montaigne's cat.
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