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Most of us have to work. But is work just a means to an end? In trying to make a living, have we lost touch with the idea of making things well? This

Mensen zijn sociale wezens en elke maatschappij is op samenwerking gebaseerd. Maar in onze neoliberale samenleving komen we nauwelijks in aanraking me

A Business Week Best Book of the Year.... "A devastating and wholly necessary book."-Studs Terkel, author of Working

The distinguished social critic Richard Sennett here shows how the excessively ordered community freezes adults-both the young idealists and their sec

Richard Sennett has spent an intellectual lifetime exploring how humans live in cities. In this pair of essays he visits two of the world's greatest c

The powerful case for a society of mutual respect.

Respect can be attained by gaining success, by developing talents, through financial independence and by helping others. In this title, the author arg

Reissue of the classic text on how cities should be planned

Author of "The Fall Of Public Man" Richard Sennett sets his interdisciplinary knowledge to the question of how best to live in urban spaces, prising a

Thomas Struth's inimitable style is showcased in this new compact edition of his striking collection of street views from 1970 to 2010.

"Visionary, often brilliant." -Los Angeles Times

Living with people who differ - racially, ethnically, religiously or economically - is one of the most urgent challenges facing civil society. This bo

Hoe overleven mensen in de metropolen, hoe moeten we onze steden inrichten nu meer en meer mensen in de stad willen wonen? In Stadsleven neemt Rich

This vivid history of the city in Western civilization tells the story of urban life through bodily experience.

Are we now so self-absorbed that we take little interest in the world beyond our own lives? Or has public life left no place for individuals to partic

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 Weste

Paris in the nineteenth century was a magnet for Europe's exiles, among them the Russian genius, Alexander Herzen, who described the experience of dis