Somebodies and Nobodies
Subtitle: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: March 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780865714861
Subjects: Human rights; Popular psychology; Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology; Marginality, Social; Individual And The State; Social Science; Social Stratification; Education; Multicultural Education; Discrimination & Racism; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Education / Multicultural Education; Sociology - General; Civics & Citizenship; Discrimination; Equality
Description: "Robert Fuller takes the analysis of discrimination beyond racism and sexism to reveal a form of injustice that everyone knows, but no one sees: discrimination based on rank, or "rankism." Low rank - signifying weakness, vulnerability, and the absence of power - marks people for abuse in much the same way that race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation have long done.".

"Somebodies and Nobodies explains our reluctance to confront this phenomenon, and argues that abuse based on power differences is no more defensible than that based on differences in color or gender. It unmasks rankism, demonstrating its pervasiveness and corrosiveness in our personal lives, social institutions, and international relations.

Illuminating the subtle, often dysfunctional workings of power in all our interactions - whether on the individual, societal, or global level - it presents rankism as the last obstacle to equal opportunity, brings into focus a "dignitarian" revolution that is already taking shape, and offers a preview of a post-rankist world."--BOOK JACKET.