000939093 000__ 05865cam\a2200481\i\4500 000939093 001__ 939093 000939093 005__ 20210515194911.0 000939093 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000939093 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 000939093 008__ 200323s2020\\\\nyu\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000939093 010__ $$a 2020012795 000939093 020__ $$a9780593230268$$q(electronic book) 000939093 020__ $$a0593230264$$q(electronic book) 000939093 020__ $$z9780593230251 000939093 035__ $$a(OCoLC)on1147939467 000939093 035__ $$a(DLC)EBC6180165 000939093 040__ $$aNhCcYBP$$cNhCcYBP 000939093 042__ $$apcc 000939093 043__ $$an-us--- 000939093 050_4 $$aHT725.U6$$bW55 2020eb 000939093 08200 $$a305.5/122$$223 000939093 1001_ $$aWilkerson, Isabel,$$eauthor. 000939093 24510 $$aCaste :$$bthe origins of our discontents /$$cIsabel Wilkerson. 000939093 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bRandom House,$$c[2020] 000939093 300__ $$a1 online resource (xvii, 477 pages) 000939093 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000939093 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000939093 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000939093 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references. 000939093 5050_ $$tThe man in the crowd --$$gPart one.$$tToxins in the permafrost and heat rising all around. The afterlife of pathogens --$$tAn old house and an infrared light --$$tAn American untouchable --$$gPart two.$$tThe arbitrary construction of human divisions. A long-running play and emergence of caste in America --$$t"The Container We Have Built for You" --$$tThe measure of humanity --$$tThrough the fog of Delhi to the parallels in India and America --$$tThe Nazis and the acceleration of caste --$$tThe Evil of Silence --$$gPart three.$$tThe eight pillars of caste. The foundations of caste --$$tPillar number one: Divine will and the laws of nature --$$tPillar number two: Heritability --$$tPillar number three: Endogamy and the control of marriage and mating --$$tPillar number four: Purity versus pollution --$$tPillar number five: Occupational hierarchy: The Jatis and the Mudsill --$$tPillar number six: Dehumanization and stigma --$$tPillar number seven: Terror as enforcement, cruelty as a means of control --$$tPillar number eight: Inherent superiority versus inherent inferiority --$$gPart four.$$tThe tentacles of caste. Central miscasting --$$tDominant group status threat and the precarity of the highest rung --$$tA scapegoat to beat the sins of the world --$$tThe insecure Alpha and the purpose of an underdog --$$tThe intrusion of caste in everyday life --$$tThe urgent necessity of a bottom rung --$$tLast place anxiety: Packed in a flooding basement --$$tOn the early front lines of caste --$$tSatchel Paige and the illogic of caste --$$gPart five.$$tThe consequences of caste. The Euphoria of Hate --$$tThe inevitable narcissism of caste --$$tThe German girl with the dark, wavy hair --$$tThe Stockholm Syndrome and the survival of the subordinate caste --$$tShock troops on the borders of hierarchy --$$tCortisol, telomeres, and the lethality of caste --$$gPart six.$$tBacklash. A change in the script --$$tTurning point and the resurgence of caste --$$tThe symbols of caste --$$tDemocracy on the ballot --$$tThe price we pay for a caste system --$$gPart seven.$$tAwakening. Shedding the sacred thread --$$tThe heart is the last frontier --$$gEpilogue.$$tA world without caste. 000939093 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users 000939093 520__ $$aAs we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not." In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people--including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball's Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others--she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity. Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of America life today. 000939093 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000939093 650_0 $$aCaste$$zUnited States. 000939093 650_0 $$aSocial stratification$$zUnited States. 000939093 650_0 $$aEthnicity$$zUnited States. 000939093 650_0 $$aPower (Social sciences)$$zUnited States. 000939093 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xRace relations. 000939093 655_0 $$aElectronic book 000939093 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aWilkerson, Isabel.$$tCaste$$bFirst edition.$$dNew York : Random House, [2020]$$z9780593230251$$w(DLC) 2020012794 000939093 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000939093 8520_ $$bcoll 000939093 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6180165$$zOnline Access 000939093 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:939093$$pGLOBAL_SET 000939093 980__ $$aEBOOK 000939093 980__ $$aBIB 000939093 982__ $$aEbook$$aEbook 000939093 983__ $$aOnline