Together
Subtitle: the rituals, pleasures and politics of co-operation
By: Richard Sennett
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [S.l.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780300188288
Subjects: Cooperativeness; History
Description: Living with people who differ -- racially, ethnically, religiously, or economically -- is the most urgent challenge facing civil society today. We tend socially to avoid engaging with people unlike ourselves, and modern politics encourages the politics of the tribe rather than of the city. In this thought-provoking book, Richard Sennett discusses why this has happened and what might be done about it.
Notes: Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The cooperative frame of mind; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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.