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 [0xc001292e10 0xc000252780 0xc000264000 0xc00028cfc0 0xc0002f5170 0xc000312e70 0xc00032ef00 0xc00032f260 0xc000397740 0xc0004a1620 0xc0017c81b0 0xc000293020 0xc000e7b170 0xc000ed2c30 0xc0001fa1e0 0xc0001fb9b0 0xc00028e090 0xc00028e600 0xc00028f680 0xc0003ee9f0 0xc000473050 0xc0004731a0 0xc000473740] 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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