
The Hidden Injuries of Class
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 14. February 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-83976-795-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this reissue of the 1972 classic of social anatomy, Richard Sennets adds a new introduction to shows how the injuries of class persist into the 21st century. In this intrepid, groundbreaking book, Richard Sennett and Jonathan Cobb uncover and define a new form of class conflict in America?an internal conflict in the heart and mind of the blue-collar worker who measures his own value against those lives and occupations to which our society gives a special premium.The authors conclude that in the games of hierarchical respect, no class can emerge the victor; and that true egalitarianism can be achieved only by rediscovering diverse concepts of human dignity. Examining personal feelings in terms of a totality of human relations, and looking beyond the struggle for economic survival, The Hidden Injuries of Class takes an important step forward in the sociological critique of everyday life.
Reviews / Votes
Their work is subtle, refined and sympathetic. It is an excellent example of social-science work in which the authors do not pretend impartiality but state their values and allow their readers to learn from their findings and argue with their conclusions. * The New Yorker * Among the many recent studies of working class life...this stands out both for its compassion and its willingness to venture into subjective psychic realities painfully difficult to articulate and impossible to quantify. * Kirkus Review * The book is an exercise in secular prophecy, frequently involuted, sometimes contradictory, and often brilliant * New York Times * They are strongly marked by a personal style of thought which delights in para- dox and digs into the mind of the American worker in the manner of a Shakespearian critic analyzing the character of Hamlet * Political Science Quarterly *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
230 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83976-795-1 (9781839767951)
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Persons
Richard Sennett's first book was The Uses of Disorder in 1970. His other books include The Fall of Public Man, Flesh and Stone and Respect, as well as the recent Homo Faber trilogy: The Craftsman; Together; Building and Dwelling. He currently serves as Senior Advisor to the United Nations on its Program on Climate Change and Cities. He is Senior Fellow at the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University and Visiting Professor of Urban Studies at MIT. Among other awards, he has received the Hegel Prize, the Spinoza Prize, an honorary doctorate from Cambridge University, and the Centennial Medal from Harvard University
Jonathan Cobb was a former associate of the Center for the Study of Public Policy, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jonathan Cobb was a former associate of the Center for the Study of Public Policy, Cambridge, Massachusetts.