Thought paralysis : the virtues of discrimination

Thought paralysis : the virtues of discrimination / Farhad Dalal.

"Given the enormous struggles, efforts and money expended on the equalities enterprise, why has more progress not been made? And further, why have things actually become worse in some circumstances? It is argued this has occurred because:- The values of Equality have been bureaucratized, allowi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dalal, Farhad
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Karnac Books, 2012.
Series:Explorations in psycho-social studies series.
Subjects:
Discrimination > Psychological aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Discrimination > Psychological aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: thought paralysis
  • 2. The struggle to live and let live: the liberal world view
  • 3. Equal strokes for different folks: the legislature
  • 4. Manufacturing kinds of people: processes of inclusion and exclusion
  • 5. The human condition: psychology
  • 6. Counting discriminations
  • 7. Corrupting the liberal ideal: diversity in organizational life
  • 8. Perverting the liberal ideal: fear and control in the Panopticon
  • 9. The difference that dare not speak its name: the lexicon police
  • 10. The vicissitudes of discrimination
  • 11. Islam: the new black
  • 12. Tolerating discrimination: discriminatory tolerance
  • 13. The road to nowhere: conceptual cul-de-sacs.

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