Together : the rituals, pleasures and politics of cooperation / Richard Sennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sennett, Richard, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooperation.

Cooperativeness.

Social acceptance.

Social adjustment.

Cooperativeness--Psychological aspects.

Cooperativeness--Social aspects.

Cooperativeness--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Living with people who differracially, ethnically, religiously, or economicallyis 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.Sennett contends that cooperation is a craft, and the foundations for skillful cooperation lie in learning to listen well and discuss rather than debate. In Together he explores how people can cooperate online, on street corners, in schools, at work, and in local politics. He traces the evolution of cooperative rituals from medieval times to today, and in situations as diverse as slave communities, socialist groups in Paris, and workers on Wall Street. Divided into three parts, the book addresses the nature of cooperation, why it has become weak, and how it could be strengthened. The author warns that we must learn the craft of cooperation if we are to make our complex society prosper, yet he reassures usand#160;that we can do this, for the capacity for cooperation is embedded in human nature.

Contents:

Introduction: The cooperative frame of mind

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

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

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-40905-4

9786613409058

0-300-17843-3

OCLC:

923597239