The eminent sociologist on the trouble with multiculturalism – and the joys of cooking and musicRichard Sennett is professor of sociology at the LSE. A child of Russian emigres, he grew up in the notorious Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago and studied as a cellist. After injuring his hand, he turned to academia. Author of many books, including The Craftsman and The Culture of the New Capitalism, his latest, Together, looks at social co-operation in diverse communities.You argue that we are losing the impulse to co-operate with people who are different from ourselves - what you call "the intractable Other". But isn't the impulse strengthening with greater migration and diversity?I wouldn't say that the impulse to co-operation is weakening ...