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The powerful case for a society of mutual respect. As various forms of social welfare were dismantled though the last decade of the twentieth century, many thinkers argued that human well-being was best served by a focus on potential, not need. Richard Sennett thinks differently. In... read more

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Early in the last century, poor American blacks began to escape the serfdom of the rural South by moving to cities up North.

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  1. Richard Sennett (Author)

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  1. human rights
  2. memoir 
 

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