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Caste : the origins of our discontents, Isabel Wilkerson

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"As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not. In this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people--including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball's Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others--she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity."--Provided by the publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvii, 476 pages
Note
"Oprah's book club, 2020"--Jacket
Contents
  • Part 2.
  • The Arbitrary Construction of Human Divisions.
  • A long-running play and the emergence of caste in America
  • "The container we have built for you"
  • The measure of humanity
  • Through the fog of Delhi to the parallels in India and America
  • The Nazis and the acceleration of caste
  • The evil of silence
  • Part 3.
  • The Eight Pillars of Caste.
  • The man in the crowd
  • The foundations of caste : The origins of our discontents ;
  • Pillar number one :
  • Divine will and the laws of nature ;
  • Pillar number two :
  • Heritability ;
  • Pillar number three :
  • Endogamy and the control of marriage and mating ;
  • Pillar number four :
  • Purity versus pollution ;
  • Pillar number five :
  • Part 1.
  • Occupational hierarchy : the jatis and the mudsill ;
  • Pillar number six :
  • Dehumanization and stigma ;
  • Pillar number seven :
  • Terror as enforcement, cruelty as a means of control ;
  • Pillar number eight :
  • Inherent superiority versus inherent inferiority
  • Part 4.
  • The Tentacles of Caste.
  • Brown eyes versus blue eyes
  • Toxins in the Permafrost and Heat Rising all Around.
  • Central miscasting
  • Dominant group status threat and the precarity of the highest rung
  • A scapegoat to bear the sins of the world
  • The insecure alpha and the purpose of an underdog
  • The intrusion of caste in everyday life
  • The urgent necessity of a bottom rung
  • Last place anxiety : packed in a flooding basement
  • On the early front lines of caste
  • Satchel Paige and the illogic of caste
  • Part 5.
  • The afterlife of pathogens
  • The Consequences of Caste.
  • The euphoria of hate
  • The inevitable narcissism of caste
  • The German girl with the dark, wavy hair
  • The Stockholm Syndrome and the survival of the subordinate caste
  • Shock troops on the borders of hierarchy
  • Cortisol, telomeres, and the lethality of caste
  • Part 6.
  • Backlash.
  • A change in the script
  • The vitals of history
  • Turning point and the resurgence of caste
  • The symbols of caste
  • Democracy on the ballot
  • The price we pay for a caste system
  • Part 7.
  • Awakening.
  • Shedding the sacred thread
  • The radicalization of the dominant caste
  • The heart is the last frontier
  • Epilogue:
  • An old house and an infrared light
  • A world without caste
  • An American untouchable
  • An invisible program
Isbn
9780593230251
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Caste : the origins of our discontents
Title
Caste
Title remainder
the origins of our discontents
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Isabel Wilkerson
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not. In this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people--including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball's Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others--she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity."--Provided by the publisher
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Wilkerson, Isabel
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Literary form
non fiction
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  • Caste
  • Social stratification
  • Social classes
  • Classism
  • Ethnicity
  • Power (Social sciences)
  • United States
  • United States
  • Ethnic groups
  • Social Class
  • Ethnicity
  • Race Relations
  • United States
  • Castes
  • Stratification sociale
  • Classes sociales
  • Classisme
  • Ethnicité
  • Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
  • États-Unis
  • États-Unis
  • Groupes ethniques
  • ethnic groups
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • HISTORY
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Ethnic groups
  • Caste
  • Ethnicity
  • Power (Social sciences)
  • Classism
  • Race relations
  • Ethnic relations
  • Social stratification
  • Social classes
  • United States
  • UNITED STATES
  • Caste
  • Social stratification
  • Social classes
  • Classism
  • Ethnicity
  • Power (Social sciences)
  • United States
  • United States
  • Social classes
  • Ethnicity
  • Power (Social sciences)
  • United States
Target audience
adult
Label
Caste : the origins of our discontents, Isabel Wilkerson
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Publication
Copyright
Note
"Oprah's book club, 2020"--Jacket
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-453) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Part 2.
  • The Arbitrary Construction of Human Divisions.
  • A long-running play and the emergence of caste in America
  • "The container we have built for you"
  • The measure of humanity
  • Through the fog of Delhi to the parallels in India and America
  • The Nazis and the acceleration of caste
  • The evil of silence
  • Part 3.
  • The Eight Pillars of Caste.
  • The man in the crowd
  • The foundations of caste : The origins of our discontents ;
  • Pillar number one :
  • Divine will and the laws of nature ;
  • Pillar number two :
  • Heritability ;
  • Pillar number three :
  • Endogamy and the control of marriage and mating ;
  • Pillar number four :
  • Purity versus pollution ;
  • Pillar number five :
  • Part 1.
  • Occupational hierarchy : the jatis and the mudsill ;
  • Pillar number six :
  • Dehumanization and stigma ;
  • Pillar number seven :
  • Terror as enforcement, cruelty as a means of control ;
  • Pillar number eight :
  • Inherent superiority versus inherent inferiority
  • Part 4.
  • The Tentacles of Caste.
  • Brown eyes versus blue eyes
  • Toxins in the Permafrost and Heat Rising all Around.
  • Central miscasting
  • Dominant group status threat and the precarity of the highest rung
  • A scapegoat to bear the sins of the world
  • The insecure alpha and the purpose of an underdog
  • The intrusion of caste in everyday life
  • The urgent necessity of a bottom rung
  • Last place anxiety : packed in a flooding basement
  • On the early front lines of caste
  • Satchel Paige and the illogic of caste
  • Part 5.
  • The afterlife of pathogens
  • The Consequences of Caste.
  • The euphoria of hate
  • The inevitable narcissism of caste
  • The German girl with the dark, wavy hair
  • The Stockholm Syndrome and the survival of the subordinate caste
  • Shock troops on the borders of hierarchy
  • Cortisol, telomeres, and the lethality of caste
  • Part 6.
  • Backlash.
  • A change in the script
  • The vitals of history
  • Turning point and the resurgence of caste
  • The symbols of caste
  • Democracy on the ballot
  • The price we pay for a caste system
  • Part 7.
  • Awakening.
  • Shedding the sacred thread
  • The radicalization of the dominant caste
  • The heart is the last frontier
  • Epilogue:
  • An old house and an infrared light
  • A world without caste
  • An American untouchable
  • An invisible program
Control code
1147928120
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvii, 476 pages
Isbn
9780593230251
Lccn
2020012794
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505
Other control number
40030087588
System control number
(OCoLC)1147928120
Label
Caste : the origins of our discontents, Isabel Wilkerson
Publication
Copyright
Note
"Oprah's book club, 2020"--Jacket
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-453) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Part 2.
  • The Arbitrary Construction of Human Divisions.
  • A long-running play and the emergence of caste in America
  • "The container we have built for you"
  • The measure of humanity
  • Through the fog of Delhi to the parallels in India and America
  • The Nazis and the acceleration of caste
  • The evil of silence
  • Part 3.
  • The Eight Pillars of Caste.
  • The man in the crowd
  • The foundations of caste : The origins of our discontents ;
  • Pillar number one :
  • Divine will and the laws of nature ;
  • Pillar number two :
  • Heritability ;
  • Pillar number three :
  • Endogamy and the control of marriage and mating ;
  • Pillar number four :
  • Purity versus pollution ;
  • Pillar number five :
  • Part 1.
  • Occupational hierarchy : the jatis and the mudsill ;
  • Pillar number six :
  • Dehumanization and stigma ;
  • Pillar number seven :
  • Terror as enforcement, cruelty as a means of control ;
  • Pillar number eight :
  • Inherent superiority versus inherent inferiority
  • Part 4.
  • The Tentacles of Caste.
  • Brown eyes versus blue eyes
  • Toxins in the Permafrost and Heat Rising all Around.
  • Central miscasting
  • Dominant group status threat and the precarity of the highest rung
  • A scapegoat to bear the sins of the world
  • The insecure alpha and the purpose of an underdog
  • The intrusion of caste in everyday life
  • The urgent necessity of a bottom rung
  • Last place anxiety : packed in a flooding basement
  • On the early front lines of caste
  • Satchel Paige and the illogic of caste
  • Part 5.
  • The afterlife of pathogens
  • The Consequences of Caste.
  • The euphoria of hate
  • The inevitable narcissism of caste
  • The German girl with the dark, wavy hair
  • The Stockholm Syndrome and the survival of the subordinate caste
  • Shock troops on the borders of hierarchy
  • Cortisol, telomeres, and the lethality of caste
  • Part 6.
  • Backlash.
  • A change in the script
  • The vitals of history
  • Turning point and the resurgence of caste
  • The symbols of caste
  • Democracy on the ballot
  • The price we pay for a caste system
  • Part 7.
  • Awakening.
  • Shedding the sacred thread
  • The radicalization of the dominant caste
  • The heart is the last frontier
  • Epilogue:
  • An old house and an infrared light
  • A world without caste
  • An American untouchable
  • An invisible program
Control code
1147928120
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvii, 476 pages
Isbn
9780593230251
Lccn
2020012794
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505
Other control number
40030087588
System control number
(OCoLC)1147928120

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