The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism. ‘A more positive view of dependence’, he argues, ‘would first of all challenge the commonplace opposition of dependence and inde- pendence’ (Sennett, 1998. p. 140), and it would recognize that people are necessarily interdependent. With reference to the work of psycholo- gist John Bowlby, he notes that even people who are apparently most soundly self-reliant know that they must trust, rely and depend on oth- ers when their own abilities or resources are inadequate (ibid., p. 140; Bowlby, 1973, p. 359)
I share Sennett’s commitment to understanding sound sociality not as based on the celebration of the individual but as interdependent, collaborative and mutually supportive. However, I
I share Sennett’s commitment to understanding sound sociality not as based on the celebration of the individual but as interdependent, collaborative and mutually supportive. However, I