by RichardSennett (Author)
An American social critic sets out to show how the excessively ordered community freezes adults - young idealists as well as their security-conscious parents - into rigid attitudes that stifle personal growth. He argues that the accepted ideal of order generates patterns of behaviour among the urban middle classes that are stultifying, narrow and violence-prone. He also proposes a functioning city that can incorporate anarchy, diversity and creative disorder to bring into being adults who can openly respond to and deal with the challenges of life.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: New
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 22 Jan 1996
ISBN 10: 057116188X
ISBN 13: 9780571161881