Listen to Flesh and Stone: The Sociology of Richard Sennett, Part 1

Listen to Flesh and Stone: The Sociology of Richard Sennett, Part 2


The American sociologist Richard Sennett has had two great themes: the history and design of cities, and the organization of work. As a lover of cities, he has celebrated the expanded sympathy that urban life makes possible; as a student of work, he has criticized the fragmentation of time in the new capitalism; and as a writer, he has elevated sociology to a literary art. He talks with IDEAS producer, David Cayley.