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Envy up, scorn down : how status divides us / Susan T. Fiske.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fiske, Susan T., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social classes--United States.
- Social classes.
- Class consciousness--United States.
- Class consciousness.
- Comparison (Psychology).
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- Envy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 240 p. ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An insightful examination of why we compare ourselves to those above and below us.The United States was founded on the principle of equal opportunity for all, and this ethos continues to inform the nation's collective identity.In reality, however, absolute equality is elusive.
- Contents:
- Compare : envy and scorn divide us
- Signatures of envy and scorn : we know them when we see them
- Who cares about comparisons?
- Why? : comparison informs
- Why? : comparison protects us
- Why? : comparison helps us fit into our groups
- Getting beyond compare : how to transform envy and scorn.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-230) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-709-3
- OCLC:
- 808778109
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