Systemic Humiliation in America

Addresses timely and often overlooked topics (humiliation, shame, and dignity) Takes a broad and interdisciplinary approach, incorporating insights from the fields of sociology, social psychology, criminology, moral philosophy, and conflict analysis Provides many examples and applications of "systemic humiliation" in the United States, examples that hold applications outside of the US as well

Addresses timely and often overlooked topics (humiliation, shame, and dignity) Takes a broad and interdisciplinary approach, incorporating insights from the fields of sociology, social psychology, criminology, moral philosophy, and conflict analysis Provides many examples and applications of "systemic humiliation" in the United States, with international implications

Autorentext
Daniel Rothbart is Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, USA. In addition to serving as Co-Director of the Program for the Prevention of Mass Violence, he chairs the Sudan Task Group, an organization that seeks to build long-term peace in Sudan, Africa.

Inhalt

1. Power and Humiliation.- 2. Can Systemic Humiliation be Transformed into Systemic Dignity?.- 3. Insults as Tools of Systemic Humiliation.- 4. Systemic Humiliation and Practical Politics: Class Thematic Reasoning and the Rise of Donald Trump.- 5. The Civil War at 150 Years: Deep Wounds Yet to Heal.- 6. Transforming the Systemic Humiliation of Crime and Justice: Reawakening Black Consciousness.- 7. Truth-Telling from the Margins: Exploring Black-led responses to Police Violence and Systemic Humiliation.- 8. To Wander Off in Shame: Deconstructing the Shaming and Shameful Arrest Policies of Urban Police Departments in Their Treatment of Persons with Mental Disabilities.- 9. Systemic Humiliation in Families.- 10. Madness, Violence, and Human Dignity.