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 [0xc00121a8a0 0xc0001e1a10 0xc0001f1290 0xc00022c1e0 0xc0002940f0 0xc000295dd0 0xc0002b1e60 0xc0002c81e0 0xc000344660 0xc0003beb70 0xc001a14a20 0xc0002a2150 0xc000e77ef0 0xc000eb39b0 0xc002cc8120 0xc002cc98f0 0xc002ab2270 0xc002ab27e0 0xc002ab3860 0xc002af0bd0 0xc0000ef230 0xc0000ef380 0xc0000ef920] 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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