The Organization Man
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 3rd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears; . Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Good.
One of the most influential works of social criticism in twentieth-century America, The Organization Man captures the seismic shift in values that transformed postwar American society — from a culture built on individual ambition to one defined by conformity, consensus, and corporate belonging. William H. Whyte chronicles the rise of a new American archetype: the white-collar worker who has not merely taken a job with a large institution, but who has surrendered his very identity to it, reshaping his beliefs, friendships, and ambitions to serve the organisation's needs. Drawing on meticulous research into corporate culture, suburban life, and the emerging managerial class, Whyte argues with unflinching clarity that the Protestant Ethic of hard work and self-reliance has been supplanted by a new Social Ethic — one that prizes belongingness above all else. Written with the sharp sociological eye of a man who has lived inside the very world he dissects, this landmark study remains as unsettling and thought-provoking today as when it first rattled the boardrooms and living rooms of mid-century America. For anyone who has ever wondered what it truly costs to belong, Whyte's answer is both illuminating and deeply uncomfortable.
Author: William H. Whyte
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Society & culture
Edition: 3rd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears; . Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Good.
One of the most influential works of social criticism in twentieth-century America, The Organization Man captures the seismic shift in values that transformed postwar American society — from a culture built on individual ambition to one defined by conformity, consensus, and corporate belonging. William H. Whyte chronicles the rise of a new American archetype: the white-collar worker who has not merely taken a job with a large institution, but who has surrendered his very identity to it, reshaping his beliefs, friendships, and ambitions to serve the organisation's needs. Drawing on meticulous research into corporate culture, suburban life, and the emerging managerial class, Whyte argues with unflinching clarity that the Protestant Ethic of hard work and self-reliance has been supplanted by a new Social Ethic — one that prizes belongingness above all else. Written with the sharp sociological eye of a man who has lived inside the very world he dissects, this landmark study remains as unsettling and thought-provoking today as when it first rattled the boardrooms and living rooms of mid-century America. For anyone who has ever wondered what it truly costs to belong, Whyte's answer is both illuminating and deeply uncomfortable.