Respect In Wld Of Inequality Cl

by Sennett,Richard

• ISBN13: 9780393051261
• ISBN10: 0393051269
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-17
• Publisher: W W NORTON

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Richard Sennett teaches sociology at New York University and the London School of Economics. He is president of the American Council on Work

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Scarcity of Respect	p. 1
Memories of Cabrini	p. 5
What Respect Means	p. 49
An Inquest on Respect	p. 61
Unequal Talent	p. 65
The Shame of Dependence	p. 101
Compassion Which Wounds	p. 127
An Argument About Welfare	p. 151
Bureaucratic Respect	p. 155
Liberated Welfare	p. 179
Character and Social Structure	p. 205
The Mutual in Mutual Respect	p. 209
A Character Turned Outward	p. 227
The Politics of Respect	p. 247
Notes	p. 265
Index	p. 279
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