The Hidden Injuries of Class

Sennett, Richard; Cobb, Jonathon

Publisher: Random House
Year First Published: {16245 The Hidden Injuries of Class HIDDEN INJURIES OF CLASS Sennett, Richard; Cobb, Jonathon Random House Sennett and Cobb look at human relations between people of different classes and analyze everyday life and ordinary situations to identify class signals that make people feel inadequate. 1966 1972 275pp BC16245-InjuriesofClass.jpg B Book 0-394-46212-2 HD8072.s487 301.44'42'0973 "It's not what you are, but what you do." This is the notion that Sennett and Cobb oppose in The Hidden Injuries of Class. They analyze everyday life and ordinary situations to identify class signals that make people feel inadequate. Their book looks at human relations between people of different classes. It is a sociological description of class conflict that focuses on how workers feel when addressing their bosses, and how individuals feel when dealing with people in a higher standing. The conclusion advocates the end of judgement based on success in the most desirable jobs and materialistic factors. Along with an introduction and a conclusion, there are two parts to the book: The Sources of Injury, and Dreams and Defences. Sources of Injury claims that, "dignity is as compelling a human need as food or sex," while Dreams and Defences discusses how the psyche defends itself from society in one of two ways: alienation or dream-chasing. The freedom to live as one desires and to pursue goals that are more prestigious is appealing enough to ward off the judgements of the upper class. "If I let the dream of a common dignity grow strong in me, then I want the barriers of privilege removed so that I can develop this potential." In the conclusion it is established that the remaining hierarchy in society and the scales by which we judge ourselves and others will result in revolution unless we achieve true egalitarianism through dignity for all. [Abstract by Mia Manns] Table of Contents Personal Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Hidden Injuries Part One The Sources of Injury Badges of Ability Sacrifice and Betrayal The Uses of Injured Dignity Part Two Dreams and Defense The Divided Shelf Freedom Conclusion A Flawed Humanism Afterword, by Jonathan Cobb Related Writings of Interest CX7452 0 false true false CX7452.htm [0xc001957f50 0xc0001fe660 0xc0001ffec0 0xc00022cc30 0xc0002280f0 0xc000229d70 0xc000249dd0 0xc00026e120 0xc0002fe450 0xc000331650 0xc001023170 0xc00232af60 0xc00043f440 0xc000472e40 0xc00284e090 0xc00284f860 0xc002861ce0 0xc002874210 0xc002875200 0xc0028f4210 0xc00291e840 0xc00291e990 0xc00291ef30] Cx}
Year Published: 1972
Pages: 275pp ISBN: 0-394-46212-2
Library of Congress Number: HD8072.s487 Dewey: 301.44'42'0973
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX7452

Sennett and Cobb look at human relations between people of different classes and analyze everyday life and ordinary situations to identify class signals that make people feel inadequate.

Abstract:
"It's not what you are, but what you do." This is the notion that Sennett and Cobb oppose in The Hidden Injuries of Class. They analyze everyday life and ordinary situations to identify class signals that make people feel inadequate. Their book looks at human relations between people of different classes. It is a sociological description of class conflict that focuses on how workers feel when addressing their bosses, and how individuals feel when dealing with people in a higher standing. The conclusion advocates the end of judgement based on success in the most desirable jobs and materialistic factors.

Along with an introduction and a conclusion, there are two parts to the book: The Sources of Injury, and Dreams and Defences. Sources of Injury claims that, "dignity is as compelling a human need as food or sex," while Dreams and Defences discusses how the psyche defends itself from society in one of two ways: alienation or dream-chasing. The freedom to live as one desires and to pursue goals that are more prestigious is appealing enough to ward off the judgements of the upper class. "If I let the dream of a common dignity grow strong in me, then I want the barriers of privilege removed so that I can develop this potential." In the conclusion it is established that the remaining hierarchy in society and the scales by which we judge ourselves and others will result in revolution unless we achieve true egalitarianism through dignity for all.

[Abstract by Mia Manns]

Table of Contents

Personal Acknowledgements
Foreword

Introduction Hidden Injuries

Part One The Sources of Injury
Badges of Ability
Sacrifice and Betrayal
The Uses of Injured Dignity

Part Two Dreams and Defense
The Divided Shelf
Freedom

Conclusion A Flawed Humanism

Afterword, by Jonathan Cobb
Related Writings of Interest

The Hidden Injuries of Class

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