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Richard Sennett

American sociologist and academic · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1943 · age 83

Richard Sennett 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.

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2016Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles VeillonAward2011Jeanette Schocken PrizeAward2008European handicraft prizeAwardGerda Henkel PrizeAward2006Hegel PrizeAward1999Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1973Guggenheim FellowshipAward1943Born1 January 1943

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Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon2016
Jeanette Schocken Prize2011
European handicraft prize2008
Gerda Henkel Prize2008
Hegel Prize2006
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature1999
Guggenheim Fellowship1973
Fellow of the British Academy
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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Sennett has studied social ties in cities, and the effects of urban living on individuals in the modern world.

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United States
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Academics
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Academic
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Born 1943 · age 83

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