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Richard Sennett: And what about people?
Richard Sennett is one of the greatest intellectual minds of our time. At the heart of his thinking is the human being and the effect that capitalism, today's working world, and increasing urbanization have on us. Yves Bossart met the world-renowned sociologist in Berlin.
Sennett wanted to be a musician, but a botched operation on his left hand put paid to his ambition. Today, Richard Sennett is one of the most influential minds in the world. In his best-selling book The Corrosion of Character, the sociologist who lives in London and New York, shows the impact that precarious working conditions have on people’s character. In his books The Craftsman and Together he questions what “good work” is and how we can improve social cohesion. And his current book Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City examines what cities need to look like in order to achieve social integration and make a “good life” possible. Yves Bossart speaks with the 75-year-old master thinker about his eventful life and the main tenets of his works.
Bibliography:
Richard Sennett. Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, London, 2018.
Richard Sennett. Together: The Rituals, Pleasures, and Politics of Cooperation, New Haven, 2012.
Richard Sennett. The Craftsman, New Haven, 2008.
Richard Sennett. The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism, New York, 1998.
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[@NH-bh5zq]

Vielen Dank, dass ihr auch die Englische Version zu Verfügung stellt.

[@robertalenrichter]

First of all, a basic income wouldn't be a disincentive for working, because it would only cover the basics, and human desire is infinite. People like consuming and going on vacations etc. These things only become possible (not to mention investing for the future), by means of additional, paid labour. Secondly, why automatically associate a basic income with "leisure", in other words laziness? There is something of the philistine in this kind of thinking. Is there no inherent value in reading philosophy, writing, painting? Why assume that nobody is interested in doing these things or could gradually acquire such intentions by sheer virtue of the fact that they actually have time for these activities? The entire edifice of Greek philosophy was based upon the leisure of a privileged caste. The time that they had to develop their ideas has been nourishing human civilisation for over two thousand years. Conversely, where is the dignity or the sense of fulfilment, the development of human potiential in sitting at a cash register all day? The obligatory 40-hour workweek is stultifying, when all is said and done a form of slavery. Most people are tired in the evenings, and their weekends are for recuperating, as though from an illness.

[@Undressful]

Cool Richard Sennett! I did't like the approach of asking the personal questions.. it was not ill mannered but still inpolite in the sence of how humane relationships should feel. Do you agree?

[@morgengold]

Kannte Sennett bisher nicht und auch nicht seine Werke. Seine Gedanken in diesem Interview ließen mich jedoch reichlich uninspiriert zurück. Außerdem finde ich es unangenehm wie er Yves Fragen wertet. Diese müssen ja nicht seine persönliche Meinung darstellen.

[@hyrocoaster]

Das im Interview zuletzt erwähnte Buch "Building and Dwelling" fand ich sehr gehaltvoll, dagegen fällt dieses Interview erheblich ab. Ich glaube einerseits nicht, dass der Moderator es gelesen hat, andererseits haben vielleicht auch einfach nicht gut miteinander harmoniert - schade.

[@josefpolyak6864]

Schade das die Übersetzung fehlt.

[@brunohuerta6623]

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