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Richard Sennett

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Richard Sennett · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Sociologist

When

1943, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Where

United States · United Kingdom

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Biography

Richard Sennett is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Sociologist

How & why

Richard Sennett is an American sociologist, professor at the London School of Economics and New York University, known for influential books on cities, labour and culture including 'The Fall of Public Man', 'The Corrosion of Character' and 'The Craftsman'. He studies how modern work and urban life shape character and community. He grew up in a family of Russian émigrés of mixed Russian Jewish and Russian Orthodox background.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology (LONG LIST)

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology (LONG LIST)