The Culture of the New Capitalism
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TextSeries: Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economicsPublication details: New Delhi: Yale University Press, 2006. Description: 214 p. : 22 cmISBN: 81-250-3066-2 (pbk.)Subject(s): Bureaucracy | Capitalism Social aspectsDDC classification: MCL 330 SEN Summary: "The distinguished sociologist Richard Sennett surveys major differences between earlier forms of industrial capitalism and the more global, more febrile, ever more mutable version of capitalism that is taking its place. He shows how these changes affect everyday life -- how the work ethic is changing; how new beliefs about merit and talent displace old values of craftsmanship and achievement; how what Sennett calls "the specter of uselessness" haunts professionals as well as manual workers; how the boundary between consumption and politics is dissolving."--Jacket.
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| 330.122 DOB Studies in the Development of Capitalism. | 330.122 DOW Capitalism and Its Economics : a critical history. | 330.122 FUL Capitalism : a very short introduction. | 330.122 SEN The Culture of the New Capitalism | 330.122 SOT The Mystery of Capital : why capitalism triumphs in the West and fails everywhere else. | 330.122 SWE The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism. | 330.122 TIG Law and The Rise of Capitalism. |
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"The distinguished sociologist Richard Sennett surveys major differences between earlier forms of industrial capitalism and the more global, more febrile, ever more mutable version of capitalism that is taking its place. He shows how these changes affect everyday life -- how the work ethic is changing; how new beliefs about merit and talent displace old values of craftsmanship and achievement; how what Sennett calls "the specter of uselessness" haunts professionals as well as manual workers; how the boundary between consumption and politics is dissolving."--Jacket.
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