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"While writing this study I was struck again and again by a particular social asset in doing practical work: cooperation.Cooperation oils the machinery of getting things done, and sharing with others can make up for what we may individually lack. Cooperation is embedded in our genes, but cannot remain stuck in routine behaviour; it needs to developed and deepened. This is a particularly true when we are dealing with people unlike ourselves, with them, cooperation becomes a demanding effort.
My focus in Together is on responsiveness to others, such as listening skills in conversation, and on the practical application of responsiveness at work or in the community. There`s certainly an ethical aspect to listening well and work sympathetically with others;still,thinking about cooperation just as an ethical positive cramps our understanding.(...)
Moreover, though we may cooperate because our own resources are not self-sustaining, in many relations we do not know exactly what we need from others- or what they ought to want from us."
Richard Sennett in Together, The Rituals, Pleasures & Politics of Cooperation |
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yrfSEl896Y#t=59
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