MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01981cam a22003377a 4500
001 2011933873
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008 110707s2012 ctua b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aHD2963$b.S46 2012
082 04 $a302/.14$223
100 1 $aSennett, Richard,$d1943-
245 10 $aTogether :$bthe rituals, pleasures, and politics of cooperation /$cRichard Sennett.
260 $aNew Haven, CT :$bYale University Press,$cc2012.
300 $axi, 323 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aDiscusses why people tend to avoid social engagement with those unlike themselves, why increased cooperation is necessary to make society prosper, and the skills necessary for strengthening cooperation.
505 0 $aIntroduction: The cooperative frame of mind -- Pt. 1: Cooperation shaped. "The social question" : reformers in Paris explore a puzzle ; The fragile balance : competition and cooperation in nature and culture ; The "great unsettling" : how the Reformation transformed cooperation -- Pt. 2: Cooperation weakened. Inequality : imposed and absorbed in childhood ; The social triangle : how social relations become embittered at work ; The uncooperative self : the psychology of withdrawal -- Pt. 3: Cooperation strengthened. The workshop : making and repairing ; Everyday diplomacy : Reformation conversations put to practical use ; The community : practising commitment ; Coda: Montaigne's cat.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-302) and index.
650 0 $aCooperation.
650 0 $aCooperativeness.
650 0 $aSocial acceptance.
650 0 $aSocial adjustment.
650 0 $aCooperativeness$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aCooperativeness$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aCooperativeness$xMoral and ethical aspects.