Both theoretical and narrative, the book draws on the author's long experience as a mediator and counselor to examine the ways in which members of society are dehumanized by institutional oppression and contribute to that system.
At the place where personal identity and institutional oppression meet there lie reasons beyond morality for all people, especially those with apparent privilege, to resist inequities based in race, gender, class or generation. Reclaiming Humanity explores the psychological and political ways modern individuals become dehumanized, even as we are recruited into systems that dehumanize others. Through stories of personal exploration and learning, the book delves into dynamics by which we consent to systems that deprive us of well-being. Reclaiming Humanity then moves beyond understanding how profoundly we've lost the art of community connection to open up creative visions of a truly humane social order. Through these narratives and explorations, the work discusses practical directions for mediators, activists, and other seekers after justice.
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Table of contents
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Divisions at the Junction of Self and Society
- Part I: Becoming Human in a Dehumanizing Culture
- Chapter 2: Identity: Who Am I? Who Are You? Where Do I Fit?
- Chapter 3: Masculinity, Violence, and Racism: How Men Internalize Patriarchy
- Chapter 4: Generational Roles and Immigration: How Women Internalize Patriarchy
- Chapter 5: Worldviews: Individualism and Injustice
- Chapter 6: Psychiatrizing Discontent: Hard Landings on Soft Couches
- Chapter 7: Ways of Thinking: In Twos, Tens, or Rainbows
- Chapter 8: Politicizing Empathy: Alienation and Suffering
- Part II: Institutions and Dehumanization
- Chapter 9: Religion: And Its Mystifications
- Chapter 10: Divide and Rule: Education, Still Segregated After All These Years
- Chapter 11: Multicultural Workplaces: Conflicts Both Interpersonal and Systemic
- Chapter 12: Diversity and Other Misnomers: What’s the Matter with DEI?
- Chapter 13: The Classless Society: Healthcare Denying What the Body Knows
- Part III: Building Connection to Reclaim Humanity
- Chapter 14: How Change Happens: When We’re Not Even Looking
- Chapter 15: Reclaiming Vision, Exercising Agency: Creating a Beloved Multicultural Community
- Notes
- Review of Concepts
- The Making of a Radical
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
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