Zusammenarbeit

According to Richard Sennett, our society, marked by inequality and constant competition, needs reliable, ritualized forms of interaction more than ever. Sennett explains what the essence of collaboration is, why it has lost significance, and above all, how it can be perceived as a value again. Whether he writes about medieval guilds, the history of diplomacy, or his interviews with the mass layoffs of Wall Street employees after the Lehman crash, Sennett's approach is always interdisciplinary and pragmatic. Examples from art, music, and architecture illustrate his points just as naturally as those from economics, natural sciences, and religion. Like his bestseller "The Flexible Man," collaboration is ultimately a brilliant analysis of our modern work and life environment, making it a significant political statement on a central issue of our time.