Respect : in a world of inequality

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Respect : in a world of inequality

Richard Sennett

W.W. Norton, c2003

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-278) and index

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The powerful case for a society of mutual respect.In Respect in a World of Inequality, distinguished sociologist Richard Sennett explores the need for respectand the consequences of disrespectin 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.

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