05008nam 22006614a 450 991078105360332120231219180115.01-282-29917-497866122991791-60509-300-9(CKB)2550000000007109(EBL)483747(OCoLC)503009244(SSID)ssj0000288550(PQKBManifestationID)11242703(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288550(PQKBWorkID)10381589(PQKB)11223052(Au-PeEL)EBL483747(CaPaEBR)ebr10315487(CaONFJC)MIL229917(CaSebORM)9781605093000(MiAaPQ)EBC483747(EXLCZ)99255000000000710920051118d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAll rise[electronic resource] somebodies, nobodies, and the politics of dignity /Robert W. Fuller1st ed.San Francisco, CA Berrett-Koehlerc20061 online resource (217 p.)BK Currents (Hardcover)Description based upon print version of record.1-57675-385-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-192) and index.Contents; INTRODUCTION: What Is Rankism?; A Once and Future Nobody; The Abuse of Rank; Recognizing Rankism; Power Matters; The Dignitarian Perspective; Organization of this Book; CHAPTER 1: What's at Stake; Seeing Rankism Everywhere; Lethal Consequences; A Way Out?; CHAPTER 2: Dignity and Recognition; Dignity: A Universal Human Right; Indignity and Malrecognition; What Would a Dignity Movement Look Like?; Stages of the Movement; A Dignitarian Business Model; CHAPTER 3: Models of Dignity; We Are Model Builders; Models Are Everywhere; Models Evolve; Models Are CommonplaceModeling Our Uses of PowerAn Example from Higher Education: A Template for Remodeling Institutions; CHAPTER 4: Dignity in the Workplace; Ten Ways to Combat Rankism in the Workplace; When the Boss Is a Bully; Academia and Civil Service; An Example from the World of Dance; CHAPTER 5: Dignity in Education; Kids Are People, Too; Learning with Dignity; Antibullying Projects; One-Upmanship and Elitism in Academia; Educating a Population of Model Builders; Demystifying Enlightenment-Jefferson Redux; CHAPTER 6: Rankism Can Be Harmful to Your Health; The Evolving Doctor-Patient RelationshipRankism Among Health ProfessionalsThe Health Benefits of Recognition; Dignity: A Centerpiece of Health Care; CHAPTER 7: The Social Contract in a Dignitarian Society; Institutional Rankism and a Permanent Underclass; The Myth of Meritocracy; Models of "Democratic Capitalism"; CHAPTER 8: The Politics of Dignity; Is Rankism Human Nature?; The DNA of Democracy: Watchdog Processes; Navigating the Ship of State; A Dignitarian Model of Politics; CHAPTER 9: A Culture of Dignity; Fundamentalism and the Dignitarian Perspective; Ideology and the Dignitarian PerspectiveIdentity in a Dignitarian Culture: A Self Model for the Twenty-First CenturyThe Self: A Home for Identities; Survival Tips for Dignitarians; A Foreseeable Challenge; CHAPTER 10: Globalizing Dignity; The "Evolutionary Blues"; A World War in My Sandbox; A Dignitarian Alternative to War; What About Bad Guys?; Malrecognition and Counterterrorism; Handling "Domestic Violence" in the Global Village; CHAPTER 11: Religion in a Dignitarian World; Religion: Dignifier of Humankind; Religion and Science; Religion and Values; Religion and the Self; The Eye of God; CHAPTER 12: The Stealth RevolutionA Cautionary NoteThe Long-Range View; Democracy's Next Step; AFTERWORD: All Rise for Dignity; Getting Started; Notes; Resources; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the AuthorIn his groundbreaking 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 to exploit and humiliate someone of lower rank. It plays a role in just about every form of social oppressionÑracism, sexism, homophobia, and religious intolerance all have a significant element of rankism in them.Most everyone has felt the sting of rankism--at the hands of a dictatorial boss, a condescending teacher, an arrogant doctor, or an imperious bureaucrat. But, equally, most everyone has inBK Currents (Hardcover)Social classesSocial valuesSocial classes.Social values.305.5Fuller Robert W(Robert Works),1936-1465102MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781053603321All rise3674966UNINA