The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (828 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393319873 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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This, he argues, has tremendous negative consequences for workers' emotional and psychological well-being. Innovations like "flextime" and bureaucratic "de-layering" seem to promise more freedom to define one's career, but in fact they create jobs in which there's less freedom than ever to be had. In the brave new world of the "flexible" corporation, Richard Sennett observes, workers at all levels are regarded as wholly disposable, and they have responded in kind, ceasing to think in terms of any long-term relationship with the organizations they work for. --Richard Farr. Even in menial jobs, we extract much of our self-image from
In his 1972 classic, The Hidden Injuries of Class (written with Jonathan Cobb), Sennett interviewed a man he called Enrico, a hardworking janitor whose life was structured by a union pay schedule and given meaning by his sacrifices for the future. "A devastating and wholly necessary book."Studs Terkel, author of Working In The Corrosion of Character, Richard Sennett, "among the country's most distinguished thinkers has concentrated into 176 pages a profoundly affecting argument" (Business Week) that draws on interviews with dismissed IBM executives, bakers, a bartender turned advertising executive, and many others to call into question the terms of our new economy. Distinguished by Sennett's "combination of broad historical and literary learning and a reporter's willingness to walk into a store or factory and strike up a con
"In Praise of Human Experience" according to Ronald E. Purser. I am struck by the visceral and reactive comments in some of the reviews, but this only demonstrates that Sennett has touched a vulnerable nerve among those who have a vested interest in the juggernaut of globalization and commercial frenzy of the Internet. Isn't it interesting that the most volatile reviews come from those in the heart o. Great quality, just as described Got it within a week, much earlier than expected! Great quality, just as described! Thanks :). An Excellent Sociological Critique of the New Capitalism. Amidst the cacophony about the wonders of globalization and the new millennium's everlasting prosperity and bull market, Richard Sennett has the intellectual courage to present some of the negative consequences of global capitalism on a vast number of workers whose skills and dedication the economy and markets depend upon. Jobs are replac