Respect in a World of Inequality (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Sennett
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Autobiography and sociology
- Time of Work: 2003
- Setting: The United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Sociology
- Subjects: African Americans, United States or Americans, Class conflict, Blacks, Twentieth century, Twenty-first century, Class consciousness, Social work, Inner cities or inner-city life, Equality
- Locales: United States
Part 1 of this volume is aptly titled “Scarcity of Respect.” From most points on the political spectrum and from widely varying religious and cultural groups come complaints about a lack of respect. “Disrespecting” others seems to come naturally to today’s youth, though they fight to keep from experiencing disrespect themselves. Lack of success in school engenders programs of “self-esteem” and “self-respect”—to many critics, an opiate that hides from youth the consequences of their indolence and failure to compete. This is not only a society which increasingly...
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