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All rise : somebodies, nobodies, and the politics of dignity
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All rise : somebodies, nobodies, and the politics of dignity

Author: Robert W Fuller
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st ed
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"In his book Somebodies and Nobodies, Robert Fuller identified a form of domination that everyone has experienced but few dare to protest: rankism, abuse of the power inherent in rank. Low rank - signifying weakness - marks people for abuse and discrimination in much the same way that race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation have long done. In All Rise, Fuller examines the personal, professional, and political  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert W Fuller
ISBN: 1576753859 9781576753859
OCLC Number: 62408817
Description: x, 203 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction : what is rankism? --
Ch. 1. What's at stake --
Ch. 2. Dignity and recognition --
Ch. 3. Models of dignity --
Ch. 4. Dignity in the workplace --
Ch. 5. Dignity in education --
Ch. 6. Rankism can be harmful to your health --
Ch. 7. The social contract in a dignitarian society --
Ch. 8. The politics of dignity --
Ch. 9. A culture of dignity --
Ch. 10. Globalizing dignity --
Ch. 11. Religion in a dignitatian world --
Ch. 12. The stealth revolution --
Afterword : all rise for dignity
Responsibility: Robert W. Fuller.
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Explores rankism's social and psychological costs and envisions the creation of a "dignitarian" society that disallows the abuse of rank. This book argues that post-rankist thinking maintains that  Read more...

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