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Respect: the Formation of Character in a World of Inequality (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Respect: the Formation of Character in a World of InequalityDistinguished sociologist Sennett explores the need for respect--and the consequences of disrespect--in a highly competitive and interdependent society. He looks at three factors that undermine mutual respect: unequal ability, adult dependency, and degrading forms of compassion.
Full description- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Published: 06 December 2002
- Format: Hardback 256 pages
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- Categories: Social Discrimination | Ethnic Studies | Sociology
- ISBN 13: 9780393051261 ISBN 10: 0393051269
- Sales rank: 1,096,090
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Full description for Respect: the Formation of Character in a World of Inequality
In "Respect," distinguished sociologist Richard Sennett explores the need for respect -- and the consequences of disrespect -- in a highly competitive and interdependent society.Opening with a memoir of growing up in Chicago's infamous Cabrini Green housing project, Richard Sennett looks at three factors that undermine mutual respect: unequal ability, adult dependency, and degrading forms of compassion. In contrast to current welfare "reforms, " Sennett proposes a welfare system based on respect for those in need. He explores how self-worth can be nurtured in an unequal society (for example, through dedication to craft); how self-esteem must be balanced with feeling for others; and how mutual respect can forge bonds across the divide of inequality.Where erasing inequality was once the goal of social radicals, Sennett seeks a more humane meritocracy: a society that, while accepting inequalities of talent, seeks to nurture the best in all its members and to connect them strongly to one another.
