Richard Sennett’ın Eserlerinde Kapitalist Kültürün Dönüşümü
The Transformation of Capitalist Cultures in Richard Sennett's Works

Summary/Abstract: This study focuses on the work practices that emerged with the flexible production, and the new study is attempting to understand the cultures and the resulting individual approach. It is aimed to reveal the transformation in a clear way in the study which will be compared with the existing working understanding before flexible production. It will be focused on how Richard Sennett evaluates this transformation and on the change, that has emerged in the meaning of working with the new mode of production. It will be seen that the determination of short-time focused goals, the adoption of short-term contracts or temporary working understanding led to the weakening of the bonds that people build with the institutions and people they work with. This situation brings definition of a ‘reasonable’ individual understanding with itself, it is seen that people who are able to leave behind the past easily, adapt to new processes, produce new solutions in a short period of time and adapt easily to new environments or works are preferred with new production understanding. While all these criteria are thought to be unproblematic at first glance, the experience that prevails before flexible production, where people are tied to their past, becomes meaningless in this process; it is seen that feelings such as loyalty, self-sacrifice, commitment start to be perceived as negative according to all these. It is argued that the insecurity in the face of uncertainty of the future leads to serious destruction of people.

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