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Item Details
| Title:
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THE USES OF DISORDER
PERSONAL IDENTITY AND CITY LIFE |
| By: |
Richard Sennett |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£23.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0300148275 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780300148275 |
| Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
19 September, 2008 |
| Edition: |
UK ed. |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
First published in 1970, this work followed the student and urban rebellions of the late 1960s. It considers the response to the book over those years, and relates it to the circumstances faced by the inhabitants of cities in the twenty-first century. |
| Synopsis: |
Richard Sennett is one of the world's leading sociologists, and this book, first published in 1970, was his first single-authored work. It launched his exploration of communities and how they live in cities, and outlined his view that order breeds narrow, violence-prone lives, while an 'equilibrium of disorder' brings vigour and diversity to urban life. "The New York Times" described it as 'the best available contemporary defence of anarchism'. "The Uses of Disorder" followed the student and urban rebellions of the late 1960s. But it remains uncannily apposite to the problems of city life forty years on. In a new preface Sennett considers the response to the book over those years, and relates it to the circumstances faced by the inhabitants of cities in the twenty-first century. The body of the text remains unchanged, ready for a new generation of readers. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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