{"product_id":"building-and-dwelling-richard-sennett","title":"Building and Dwelling (Richard Sennett)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thank god for Richard Sennett ... essential reading for all students of the city' Anna Minton, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Constantly stimulating ideas from a veteran of urban thinking' Jonathan Meades, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBuilding and Dwelling\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Sennett distils a lifetime's  thinking and practical experience to explore the relationship between  the good built environment and the good life. He argues for, and  describes in rich detail, the idea of an open city, one in which people  learn to manage complexity. He shows how the design of cities can enrich  or diminish the everyday experience of those who dwell in them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe  book ranges widely - from London, Paris and Barcelona to Shanghai,  Mumbai and Medellin in Colombia - and draws on classic thinkers such as  Tocqueville, Heidegger, Max Weber, and Walter Benjamin. It also draws on  Sennett's many decades as a practical planner himself, testing what  works, what doesn't, and why. He shows what works ethically is often the  most practical solution for cities' problems. This is a humane  and thrilling book, which allows us to think freshly about how we live  in cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sennett is my kind of urbanist. He sees the modern city. He reads its secrets as he walks down the street, kicking over the detritus of the past ... There is no alternative to the planner, but please a planner who has read Sennett's book' Simon Jenkins, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRichard Sennett \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago, attended the Julliard School in New York and then studied social relations at Harvard. Over the last five decades, he has written about social life in cities, changes in labour and social theory. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Injuries of Class\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Public Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Corrosion of Character\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Culture of the New Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Craftsman \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBuilding and Dwelling\u003c\/i\u003e. Sennett has advised the United Nations on urban issues for the past thirty years and currently serves as member of the UN Committee on Urban Initiatives. He is Visiting Professor of Urban Studies at Harvard. Among other awards, he has received the Hegel Prize, the Spinoza Prize and the Centennial Medal from Harvard University.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 368 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65807782576477,"sku":"K073391375","price":16.6,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7339137500001A.jpg?v=1788490206","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/building-and-dwelling-richard-sennett","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}