The Fall of Public Man (40th Anniversary Edition)

A landmark study of urban society, reissued for the 40th anniversary of the original publication with a new epilogue by the author.

A sweeping, farsighted study of the changing nature of public culture and urban society, The Fall of Public Man spans more than two centuries of Western sociopolitical evolution and investigates the causes of our declining involvement in political life. Richard Sennett’s insights into the danger of the cult of individualism remain thoroughly relevant to our world today. In a new epilogue, he extends his analysis to the new “public” realm of social media, questioning how public culture has fared since the digital revolution.

• Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City
• The Craftsman
• The Laws of Human Nature
• Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization
• The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
• Team Human
• The Conscience of the Eye: The Design and Social Life of Cities
• The Uses of Disorder: Personal Identity and City Life
• Respect in a World of Inequality
• Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment