About this title: This brief book is a groundbreaking tool for students and non-students alike to examine systems of privilege and difference in our society. Written in an accessible, conversational style, Johnson links theory with engaging examples in ways that enable readers to see the underlying nature and consequences of privilege and their connection to it. This extraordinarily successful book has been used across the country, both inside and outside the classroom, to shed light on issues of power and privilege. Allan Johnson has worked on issues of social inequality since receiving his Ph.D. in sociology ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw Hill Book Company, Boston, MA
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780767422543ISBN:0767422546
Description: Near New. Minor cut on cover as if by box cutter when opening bok is minor and has been repaired with clear tape, repair looks good. Bookstore sticker on spine. TEXT IS Unmarked...All pages clean. read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. (240 pages) this brief book is a groundbreaking tool for students and non-students alike to examine systems of privilege and difference in our society. written in an accessible, conversational style, johnson links theory with engaging examples in ways that enable readers to see the underlying nature and consequences of privilege and their connection to it. this extraordinarily successful book has been used across the country, both inside and outside the ... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780072874891ISBN:0072874899
Description: Paperback. May include moderately worn cover, writing, markings or slight discoloration. May include moderately worn cover, writing, markings or slight discoloration. SKU: 20831158 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780072874891 May include moderately worn cover, writing, markings or slight discoloration. May include moderately worn cover, writing, markings or slight discoloration. SKU: 20831158 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780072874891ISBN:0072874899
Description: Paperback. Has minor wear and/or markings. Has minor wear and/or markings. SKU: 21512850 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780072874891 Has minor wear and/or markings. Has minor wear and/or markings. SKU: 21512850 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee. read more
"Allan G. Johnson has written a very accessible introduction to the concept of privilege: the notion that certain members of society benefit from institutionalized assumptions and beliefs about what is normal. Conversely, attention is also given to various groups that are harmed by these same institutionalized assumptions. People of color, women, homosexuals, and those with disabilities are all included in his discussion; however, one group that I noticed was not addressed was the growing and increasingly visible transgender community. Perhaps if Professor Johnson updates the text into a third addition, this group, including or perhaps along with those who are intersex, will be included, similarly to how he added attention to the community of those with disabilities in this second edition.
Important criticisms like that aside, this text is not only a wonderful introduction to the concept of privilege, but it also delves into how and why various systems of privilege are perpetuated in society. Johnson is adept at shifting the focus from an individual level, where feelings of defensiveness and guilt arise, to the societal level, where the systems of privilege truly operate and are maintained. By looking at social systems and the way that individuals participate in them, he challenges his readers to act responsibly as agents of change, while suggesting that individual guilt or innocence is a moot point when it comes to dealing with these systems of privilege. This is an important skill that Johnson wields, because American society traditionally celebrates the myth of the rugged individual. Johnson acknowledges and discusses this tendency of the U.S. citizen to think individualistically, and then redirects his discussion to the societal level, effectively re-framing the concept of individual guilt or innocence as a discussion of social systems and institutionalized biases.
Highly readable, with the main text of the book running 153 pages, Privilege, Power, and Difference is not only an excellent introduction to the concept of privilege, but is also an outstanding discussion of how social systems work to perpetuate privilege, how individuals choose to interact with those systems, and how we as responsible people can change our ways of being in and interacting with those systems to create positive change."
"As a person who thinks with an open mind I found this book was able to open my mind further. It educated me on things I did not see or begin to realize.
Purchased for a class this is one I will not be ready to sell to another student."
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