In this provocative book Richard Sennett looks at the ways todays globalevermutable form of capitalism is affecting our lives. He analyzes how changesin work et... » 

In this provocative book Richard Sennett looks at the ways todays globalevermutable form of capitalism is affecting our lives. He analyzes how changesin work ethic in our attitudes toward merit and talent and in public andprivate institutions have all contributed to what he terms the specter ofuselessness and he concludes with suggestions to counter this disturbing newculture.Hardly any social thinkers have given serious thought to the drastic changesin corporate culture wrought by downsizing reorging and outsourcing.Fortunately the exceptionRichard Sennettis also one of the most insightfulpublic intellectuals we have. In The Culture of the New Capitalism Sennettaddresses the new corporate culture with his usual vast erudition endlesslysupple intellect and firm moral outlook. The result is brilliant disturbingand absolutely necessary reading.Barbara Ehrenreich author of Bait andSwitch The Futile Pursuit of the American DreamSennett has brilliantly pushed his thinking. . . . triumph.WillHutton The ObserverReflective studded with sharp insights moving with grace between big ideasand specific cases. This is vintage Sennett.Douglas W. Rae author of CityUrbanism and Its EndPacked with thought. . . . Profound and challenging. . . . I am full ofadmiration for the subtlety and originality of Richard Sennetts work.Madeleine Bunting New StatesmanRichard Sennett teaches sociology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyand the London School of Economics. His recent publications include TheCorrosion of Character and Respect in a World of Inequality. «