Richard Sennett’s books include The Corrosion of Character, Flesh and Stone, and Respect. He was the founding director of the New York Institute for the Humanities and now teaches sociology at New York University and at the London School of Economics.

"A powerful argument for a more formal public culture and a swipe against therise of a self-indulgent counter-culture."

Richard Sennett’s books include The Corrosion of Character, Flesh and Stone, and Respect. He was the founding director of the New York Institute for the Humanities and now teaches sociology at New York University and at the London School of Economics.

"A powerful argument for a more formal public culture and a swipe against therise of a self-indulgent counter-culture."

Richard Sennett’s books include The Corrosion of Character, Flesh and Stone, and Respect. He was the founding director of the New York Institute for the Humanities and now teaches sociology at New York University and at the London School of Economics.

"A powerful argument for a more formal public culture and a swipe against therise of a self-indulgent counter-culture."