An edition of The Fall of Public Man (1977)

Les Tyrannies de l'intimité

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An edition of The Fall of Public Man (1977)

Les Tyrannies de l'intimité

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Les tyrannies de l'intimité Etre "authentique" est aujourd'hui devenu un maître-mot, un élément de langage, qui renvoie non pas tant à son sens premier de "fidèle à ses origines", mais à celui, dérivé, de sans apprêt, sans fard, d'une transparence à soi-même et, par conséquent, exigée par les autres. Ce glissement sémantique est le symptôme d'un dévoiement qui brouille les frontières entre ce qui relève de la chose publique et de l'espace intime. La quête d'une transparence totale, intégrale, envahit, contamine et tyrannise notre espace public et démocratique. Remontant au XVIIe siècle, Richard Sennett montre comment et pourquoi nous avons perdu de vue peu à peu ce qu'il appelle l'"homme public" : à refuser comme inauthentique l'épaisseur du tissu social, on se livre sans défense à la pire des oppressions.

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Publisher
Seuil
Language
French
Pages
282

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Cover of: The Fall of Public Man
The Fall of Public Man
2002, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Les Tyrannies de l'intimité
Les Tyrannies de l'intimité
June 15, 1995, Seuil
Paperback in French
Cover of: The Fall of Public Man
The Fall of Public Man
1992, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: The fall of public man
The fall of public man
1978-01, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: The fall of public man
The fall of public man
1978-01, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: The fall of public man
The fall of public man
1977, Knopf
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Published in
Paris, France
Translation Of
The Fall of Public Man
Translated From
English

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
302.5

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
282
Dimensions
8 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
Weight
8.5 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL12386556M
Internet Archive
lestyranniesdeli0000senn
ISBN 10
2020215659
ISBN 13
9782020215657
OCLC/WorldCat
33927605
Library Thing
16089
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
cb37475517s
Goodreads
2932163

Work Description

A landmark study of urban society, reissued for the 40th anniversary of the original publication with a new epilogue by the author. A sweeping, farsighted study of the changing nature of public culture and urban society, The Fall of Public Man spans more than two centuries of Western sociopolitical evolution and investigates the causes of our declining involvement in political life. Richard Sennett’s insights into the danger of the cult of individualism remain thoroughly relevant to our world today. In a new epilogue, he extends his analysis to the new “public” realm of social media, questioning how public culture has fared since the digital revolution.

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