Authors

Richard Sennett

Sociologist and Professor Emeritus at the London School of Economics and Director of the New York Institute for the Humanities. He is the author of some of the most stirring and penetrating essays of our time, taking on such subjects as the current decisive changes occurring in our workplaces, within the family and among social classes. His essay The Corrosive Character won the European Sociology Award and worldwide acclaim. He has also won the Amalfia and Ebert awards for sociology. Sennett is also known for his studies on social connections in urban environments and the affects on urban life on today’s world.