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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826873203321

Autore

Fiske Susan T.

Titolo

Envy up, scorn down : how status divides us / / Susan T. Fiske

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-61044-709-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 240 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

305.5/120973

Soggetti

Social classes - United States

Class consciousness - United States

Comparison (Psychology)

Equality - United States

Envy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Compare : envy and scorn divide us -- Signatures of envy and scorn : we know them when we see them -- Who cares about comparisons? -- Why? : comparison informs -- Why? : comparison protects us -- Why? : comparison helps us fit into our groups -- Getting beyond compare : how to transform envy and scorn.