The Fall of Public Man (Anniversary)

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ISBN-10: 0393353745
ISBN-13: 9780393353747
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 04/11/2017
Dimensions: 8.00" L, 5.40" W, 1.30" H

The Fall of Public Man (Anniversary)

byRichard Sennett

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Overview

A sweeping, farsighted study of the changing nature of public culture and urban society, The Fall of Public Man spans more than two centuries of Western sociopolitical evolution and investigates the causes of our declining involvement in political life. Richard Sennett’s insights into the danger of the cult of individualism remain thoroughly relevant to our world today. In a new epilogue, he extends his analysis to the new “public” realm of social media, questioning how public culture has fared since the digital revolution.

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A powerful argument for a more formal public culture and a swipe against the rise of a self-indulgent counter-culture.–Melissa Benn, "Guardian"
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Details

ISBN-10: 0393353745
ISBN-13: 9780393353747
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 04/11/2017
Dimensions: 8.00" L, 5.40" W, 1.30" H
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