Richard Sennett
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1943-01-01 ) 1 January 1943 (age 83) , Chicago, Illinois , US
- Known for
- Studies of social ties in cities
- Spouse
- Saskia Sassen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 )
- Fields
- Sociology
- Academic advisors
- David Riesman , Erik Erikson , Oscar Handlin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Spouse
- Saskia Sassen
- Occupation
- academic
- Position held
- professor emeritus
- Educated at
- University of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- sociology
- Official website
- www.richardsennett.com
- Image
- Richard Sennett, re-publica 2016 (cropped).JPG
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- member of
- Academia Europaea
- date of birth
- 1943-01-01
- Commons category
- Richard Sennett
- influenced by
- Hannah Arendt
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Sennett (born 1 January 1943) is an American sociologist who is the Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and former University Professor of the Humanities at New York University. He is currently a Senior Fellow of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University. Sennett has studied social ties in cities, and the effects of urban living on individuals in the modern world.
He has been a Fellow of The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Royal Society of Literature. He is the founding director of the New York Institute for the Humanities.
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