The Objectification Spectrum: Understanding And Transcending Our Diminishment And Dehumanization Of Others.

The Objectification Spectrum: Understanding And Transcending Our Diminishment And Dehumanization Of Others

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ISBN details

  • ISBN 10: 019935541
  • ISBN 13: 9780199355419


Overview

"Rector introduces readers to his model by invoking a familiar story from antiquity - Plato's Allegory of the Cave - though in this case the emphasis is on how the people in the cave view the shadows as one-dimensional images (objects) without any humanity until the prisoners are lead from the cave and shown the fullness of their fellow human beings. Rector then identifies a series of dispositional and situational factors in our lives that contribute to our tendencies to objectify one another before offering some practical suggestions for transformation - beginning with ourselves and extending outward to group and community dynamics and eventually to a grander scale"--

Other Details

  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, Usa,
  • Language: Eng English
  • Format: print
  • Dimensions: viii, 272 pages 24 cm
  • Date Published: 2014
  • Authors: Rector, John (john M.)