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Authority by Richard Sennett, Richard Sennett is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Authority about?
A master of the interplay between politics and psychology, Richard Sennett here analyzes the nature, the role, and the faces of authority--authority in personal life, in the public realm, authority as an idea. Why have we become so afraid of authority? What real needs for authority do we have--for guidance, stability, images of strength? What happens when our fear of and our need for authority come into conflict? In exploring these questions, Sennett examines traditional forms of authority (The
Who reads Authority?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Richard Sennett, Richard Sennett
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393310276
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Thriller, Social Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.05 / 5 (49 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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