The Objectification Spectrum: Understanding And Transcending Our Diminishment And Dehumanization Of Others

Rector introduces readers to his model by invoking a familiar story from antiquity - Plato's Allegory of the Cave - though in this case the emphasis is on how the people in the cave view the shadows as one-dimensional images (objects) without any humanity until the prisoners are lead from the cave and shown the fullness of their fellow human beings. Rector then identifies a series of dispositional and situational factors in our lives that contribute to our tendencies to objectify one another before offering some practical suggestions for transformation - beginning with ourselves and extending outward to group and community dynamics and eventually to a grander scale.--Provided by publisher.

• | Author: John M. Rector
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 29, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 019935541X
• | ISBN-13: 9780199355419