Richard Sennett

Introducing Richard Sennett

Richard Sennett writes about cities, labor, and culture. He teaches sociology at New York University and at the London School of Economics.

This website gives you information about his published books and articles; it provides a gallery of images which supplement his writings on cities; it contains a full c.v.; you will also find contact information.

Recent work

The Craftsman

The Craftsman names a basic human impulse: the desire to do a job well for its own sake. Although the word may suggest a way of life that waned with the advent of industrial society, Sennett argues that the craftsman’s realm is far broader than skilled manual labor; the computer programmer, the doctor, the parent, and the citizen need to learn the values of good craftsmanship today.

Practicing Culture

The essays in Practicing Culture seek to revitalize the field of cultural sociology. They show how to put theoretical sources to work in empirical research. Culture is a set of practices rather than static representations; culture is made and remade in countless small ways and occasional bursts of innovation. Culture is something people do.

The Culture of the New Capitalism

In The Culture of the New Capitalism, Richard Sennett surveys the major differences between earlier forms of industrial capitalism and the more global, more febrile, ever more mutable version of capitalism that is taking its place.

Respect, In an Age of Inequality

In the uncertain world of “flexible” social relationships, all are troubled by issues of respect: whether it be an employee stuck with insensitive management, a social worker trying to aid a resentful client, or a virtuoso artist and an accompanist aiming for a perfect duet.

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