Somebodies and nobodies
Subtitle: overcoming the abuse of rank
By: Robert W. Fuller
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Gabriola, B.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780865714878
Subjects: Social stratification; Equality; Inégalité sociale; Discrimination; Social Marginality; Marginalité
Description: When discrimination is race-based, we call it racism; when it's gender-based, we call it sexism. This book, by a physicist who is also a former college president and chairman of a major nonprofit board, introduces rank-based discrimination--or "rankism"--a form of injustice that everyone knows, but no one sees. It explains our reluctance to confront rankism, shows where analyses based on identity fall short and, using dozens of examples, traces many forms of injustice and unfairness to rankism.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. 183-198.
Table of contents: title: Disorder without a name; title: Uses and abuses of rank; title: Toll of rank abuse; title: Hunger for recognition; title: Somebody mystique; title: Deconstruction the somebody mystique; title: Quest for dignity; title: Anatomy of disrespect; title: Nobody revolution: Overcoming rankism; title: Postscript; title: Epilogue; title: Elegy for nobodies; title: Epitaph for nobodies; title: Related readings; title: Acknowledgments; title: Index; title: About the author.