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Zusatztext “With insight! compassion! and a fundamental understanding of how rankism in all areas of our culture impacts individuals and communities! the reader is called to look at human degradation and discrimination in new ways. But unlike so many books that only articulate a problem! All Rise gives us a way to change our personal relationships! professional practices! and our involvement in our political and economic systems.” —Rosalind Wiseman! author of Queen Bees and Wannabes (the inspiration for the film Mean Girls ) and Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dad s “Fuller has it right: many are just plain tired of the somebodies stealing their dignity…. [He] provides us a roadmap to a better society! one that’s characterized by equal dignity for all.” —Robert Spanogle! National Adjutant! The American Legion "If only all the problems in the world were just about money! or land! or religion! or racism.  But in fact! they're about power.  All of these things are just excuses for the ugly tendency of those in power to abuse those without it.  Worse! power often seduces the powerless as much as it corrupts the powerful.   Fuller exposes these ugly dynamics—and in exposing them! helps to make them easier to overturn." —Esther Dyson! Internet guru! Editor! Release 1.0 “ All Rise gives us the essential tools to fight abuses of rank and to build high-performing institutions and organizations based on respect. It is the operating manual for leaders who recognize the latent power of each individual to make a difference in a free and fair society.” —Wes Boyd! Co-founder! MoveOn.org "This important and useful book! which is not a critique of the concept of rank! but of its abuse! should be read by leaders of ALL failing institutions! particularly those in the public school system.  It is a sad commentary on our society that this statement in favor of human dignity should be so necessary at this time." —A. Lawrence Chickering! Research Fellow! Hoover Institution “Robert Fuller looks at life through a provocative and unusual lens. Even if you begin by thinking your own worldview is different! you will nonetheless find here an array of observations that leave you intrigued! surprised! and unexpectedly nodding your head in agreement.” —Adam Hochschild! Founder! Mother Jones ! and author of Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves “No value is more needed in today’s world than respect for the dignity of others. In this brilliant treatise! Fuller cogently argues the case for redesigning our social institutions to create a ‘dignitarian society.’ His wise recommendations deserve to be widely read—and implemented.” —William Ury! coauthor of Getting to Yes and author The Third Side Informationen zum Autor Robert W. Fuller earned his Ph.D. in physics at Princeton University and taught at Columbia, where he coauthored the classic text Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics. The mounting social unrest of the 1960s drew his attention to educational reform, and at the age of thirty-three he was appointed president of Oberlin College, his alma mater. In 1971 Fuller traveled to India as a consultant to Indira Gandhi, and there witnessed firsthand the famine resulting from the war with Pakistan over what became Bangladesh. With the election of Jimmy Carter, Fuller began a campaign to persuade the new president to end world hunger. His meeting with Carter in the Oval Office in June 1977 contributed to the establishment of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger. Klappentext Somebodies and Nobodies initially diagnosed and named the malady of rankism. Rankism is what somebodies may do to nobodies. It is abuse and discrimination based on the power of rank. In this sequel to t...

List of contents

Introduction: What Is Rankism?
A Once and Future Nobody
The Abuse of Rank
Recognizing Rankism
Power Matters
The Dignitarian Perspective
Organization of this Book
Chapter 1: What s at Stake
Seeing Rankism Everywhere
Lethal Consequences
A Way Out?
Chapter 2: Dignity and Recognition
Dignity: A Universal Human Right
Indignity and Malrecognition
What Would a Dignity Movement Look Like?
Stages of the Movement
A Dignitarian Business Model
Chapter 3: Models of Dignity
We Are Model Builders
Models Are Everywhere
Models Evolve
Models Are Commonplace
Modeling Our Uses of Power
An Example from Higher Education: A Template for Remodeling Institutions
Chapter 4: Dignity in the Workplace
Ten Ways to Combat Rankism in the Workplace
When the Boss Is a Bully
Academia and Civil Service
An Example from the World of Dance
Chapter 5: Dignity in Education
Kids Are People, Too
Learning with Dignity
Antibullying Projects
One-Upmanship and Elitism in Academia
Educating a Population of Model Builders
Demystifying Enlightenment--Jefferson Redux
Chapter 6: Rankism Can Be Harmful to Your Health
The Evolving Doctor-Patient Relationship
Rankism among Health Professionals
The Health Benefits of Recognition
Dignity: A Centerpiece of Health Care
Chapter 7: The Social Contract in a Dignitarian Society
Institutional Rankism and a Permanent Underclass
The Myth of Meritocracy
Models of Democratic Capitalism
Chapter 8: The Politics of Dignity
Is Rankism Human Nature?
The DNA of Democracy: Watchdog Processes
Navigating the Ship of State
A Dignitarian Model of Politics
Chapter 9: A Culture of Dignity
Fundamentalism and the Dignitarian Perspective
Ideology and the Dignitarian Perspective
Identity in a Dignitarian Culture: A Self Model for the Twenty-First Century
The Self: A Home for Identities
Survival Tips for Dignitarians
A Foreseeable Challenge
Chapter 10: Globalizing Dignity
The Evolutionary Blues
A World War in My Sandbox
A Dignitarian Alternative to War
What About Bad Guys?
Malrecognition and Counterterrorism
Handling Domestic Violence in the Global Village
Chapter 11: Religion in a Dignitarian World
Religion: Dignifier of Humankind
Religion and Science
Religion and Values
Religion and the Self
The Eye of God
Chapter 12: The Stealth Revolution
A Cautionary Note
The Long-Range View
Democracy s Next Step
Afterword: All Rise for Dignity
Getting Started
Notes
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author

About the author

Robert W. Fuller earned his Ph.D. in physics at Princeton University and taught at Columbia, where he coauthored the classic text Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics. The mounting social unrest of the 1960s drew his attention to educational reform, and at the age of thirty-three he was appointed president of Oberlin College, his alma mater.
In 1971 Fuller traveled to India as a consultant to Indira Gandhi, and there witnessed firsthand the famine resulting from the war with Pakistan over what became Bangladesh. With the election of Jimmy Carter, Fuller began a campaign to persuade the new president to end world hunger. His meeting with Carter in the Oval Office in June 1977 contributed to the establishment of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger.

Summary

A look at the damage abuses of power inherent with rank do to private relationships & public institutions and how to prevent it.

In his groundbreaking book Somebodies and Nobodies, Robert Fuller identified a form of domination that everyone has experienced but few dare to protest: rankism, or abuse of the power inherent in rank. Low rank—signifying weakness—marks people for abuse and discrimination in much the same way that race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation have long done. In All Rise, Fuller examines the personal, professional, and political costs of rankism and provides compelling models and strategies for realizing a post-rankist world in which everyone’s dignity is upheld.

Fuller makes the case that rankism is the chief remaining obstacle to achieving liberty and justice for all, and shows how we can root it out. He doesn’t propose that we do away with rank—without it organizations become dysfunctional—but rather argues for a “dignitarian” society in which rankism is no longer tolerated. He begins by demonstrating how rankism is rife in our social and civic institutions and then explores alternative dignitarian models for education, health care, politics, and religion.

All Rise describes an emerging “politics of dignity” that bridges the conservative-liberal divide to put the “We” back in “We the people.” It argues that democracy is a work in progress and that its next natural step is the building of a dignitarian society.

“All Rise gives us a clear mandate for transforming our society into a true democracy.” —Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes (the inspiration for the film Mean Girls) and Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads

“Fuller has it right: many are just plain tired of the somebodies stealing their dignity…. [He] provides us a roadmap to a better society, one that’s characterized by equal dignity for all.” —Robert Spanogle, National Adjutant, The American Legion

“All Rise gives us the essential tools to fight abuses of rank and to build high-performing institutions and organizations based on respect. It is the operating manual for leaders who recognize the latent power of each individual to make a difference in a free and fair society.” —Wes Boyd, Co-founder, MoveOn.org

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With insight, compassion, and a fundamental understanding of how rankism in all areas of our culture impacts individuals and communities, the reader is called to look at human degradation and discrimination in new ways. But unlike so many books that only articulate a problem, All Rise gives us a way to change our personal relationships, professional practices, and our involvement in our political and economic systems.
Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes (the inspiration for the film Mean Girls) and Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads

Fuller has it right: many are just plain tired of the somebodies stealing their dignity . [He] provides us a roadmap to a better society, one that s characterized by equal dignity for all.
Robert Spanogle, National Adjutant, The American Legion

"If only all the problems in the world were just about money, or land, or religion, or racism.  But in fact, they're about power.  All of these things are just excuses for the ugly tendency of those in power to abuse those without it.  Worse, power often seduces the powerless as much as it corrupts the powerful.   Fuller exposes these ugly dynamics and in exposing them, helps to make them easier to overturn."
Esther Dyson, Internet guru, Editor, Release 1.0

All Rise gives us the essential tools to fight abuses of rank and to build high-performing institutions and organizations based on respect. It is the operating manual for leaders who recognize the latent power of each individual to make a difference in a free and fair society.
Wes Boyd, Co-founder, MoveOn.org

"This important and useful book, which is not a critique of the concept of rank, but of its abuse, should be read by leaders of ALL failing institutions, particularly those in the public school system.  It is a sad commentary on our society that this statement in favor of human dignity should be so necessary at this time."
A. Lawrence Chickering, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution

Robert Fuller looks at life through a provocative and unusual lens. Even if you begin by thinking your own worldview is different, you will nonetheless find here an array of observations that leave you intrigued, surprised, and unexpectedly nodding your head in agreement.
Adam Hochschild, Founder, Mother Jones, and author of Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire s Slaves

No value is more needed in today s world than respect for the dignity of others. In this brilliant treatise, Fuller cogently argues the case for redesigning our social institutions to create a dignitarian society. His wise recommendations deserve to be widely read and implemented.
William Ury, coauthor of Getting to Yes and author The Third Side

Product details

• Authors: Fuller, Robert Fuller, Robert W. Fuller
• Publisher: Berrett Koehler Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2006
• EAN: 9781576753859
• ISBN: 978-1-57675-385-9
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries