The hidden injuries of class / Richard Sennett, Jonathan Cobb.

By: Sennett, Richard, 1943- [author.].

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TextPublisher: London : Verso Books, 2023Copyright date: ©1972, 2023Description: 275 pages ; 20 cm.Content type: Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781839767951.Subject(s): Social classes -- United States | Class consciousness -- United States | United States -- Social conditions | United States -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 305.5 SEN Summary: "Self-esteem and personal legitimacy are attributes ineradicably tied to the struggle for economic survival and an individual's structural position within society. Inmaking human dignity the focus of careful, insightful analysis, The Hidden Injuries of Class takes an important step forward in the sociological critique of everyday life. In this intreprid, groundbreaking book, Richard Sennett and Jonathan Cobb uncover and define a new form of class conflict in America. It is an internal conflict in the hearts and minds of blue-collar workers who measure their own value against those whose lives and occupations on which society places a premium. The authors conclude that in games of hierarchial respect, no class can emerge the victor. True egalitarianism can be achieved only by rediscovering diverse concepts of human dignity. This edition of a classic work includes a new introduction by Richard Sennett examining how the injuries of class persist in new forms in the twenty-first century" -- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Williamson County Public Library	Williamson County Public Library	Nonfiction	2nd Floor	305.5 SEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		30100015061015

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"Self-esteem and personal legitimacy are attributes ineradicably tied to the struggle for economic survival and an individual's structural position within society. Inmaking human dignity the focus of careful, insightful analysis, The Hidden Injuries of Class takes an important step forward in the sociological critique of everyday life. In this intreprid, groundbreaking book, Richard Sennett and Jonathan Cobb uncover and define a new form of class conflict in America. It is an internal conflict in the hearts and minds of blue-collar workers who measure their own value against those whose lives and occupations on which society places a premium. The authors conclude that in games of hierarchial respect, no class can emerge the victor. True egalitarianism can be achieved only by rediscovering diverse concepts of human dignity. This edition of a classic work includes a new introduction by Richard Sennett examining how the injuries of class persist in new forms in the twenty-first century" -- Provided by publisher.

Originally published : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1972.