Author: Hagen Koo
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501764926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
In Privilege and Anxiety, Hagen Koo examines what has happened to the Korean middle class in the era of neoliberal globalization and demonstrates that global economic change brought more profound changes than mere economic decline and shrinking size to this class. Globalization has inserted an axis of polarization into the middle class, separating a small minority that benefits from the globalized economy from the large majority that suffers from it. This internal differentiation generates a challenging dynamic within Korean society, as the newly affluent seek to distinguish themselves from the rest of the middle class to establish a new, privileged class position. Privilege and Anxiety explores how these tensions play out in three areas: consumption and lifestyle, residential differentiation, and education. In all three areas, the dominant orientation of the affluent middle class is to preserve their newfound privilege and to pass it onto their children. Their new class practices, Koo argues, bring great anxiety to both the winners and losers of neoliberal globalization.
Privilege and Anxiety
Author: Hagen Koo
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501764926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
In Privilege and Anxiety, Hagen Koo examines what has happened to the Korean middle class in the era of neoliberal globalization and demonstrates that global economic change brought more profound changes than mere economic decline and shrinking size to this class. Globalization has inserted an axis of polarization into the middle class, separating a small minority that benefits from the globalized economy from the large majority that suffers from it. This internal differentiation generates a challenging dynamic within Korean society, as the newly affluent seek to distinguish themselves from the rest of the middle class to establish a new, privileged class position. Privilege and Anxiety explores how these tensions play out in three areas: consumption and lifestyle, residential differentiation, and education. In all three areas, the dominant orientation of the affluent middle class is to preserve their newfound privilege and to pass it onto their children. Their new class practices, Koo argues, bring great anxiety to both the winners and losers of neoliberal globalization.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501764926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
In Privilege and Anxiety, Hagen Koo examines what has happened to the Korean middle class in the era of neoliberal globalization and demonstrates that global economic change brought more profound changes than mere economic decline and shrinking size to this class. Globalization has inserted an axis of polarization into the middle class, separating a small minority that benefits from the globalized economy from the large majority that suffers from it. This internal differentiation generates a challenging dynamic within Korean society, as the newly affluent seek to distinguish themselves from the rest of the middle class to establish a new, privileged class position. Privilege and Anxiety explores how these tensions play out in three areas: consumption and lifestyle, residential differentiation, and education. In all three areas, the dominant orientation of the affluent middle class is to preserve their newfound privilege and to pass it onto their children. Their new class practices, Koo argues, bring great anxiety to both the winners and losers of neoliberal globalization.
The Price of Privilege
Author: Madeline Levine, PhD
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061851957
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In this ground-breaking book on the children of affluence, a well-known clinical psychologist exposes the epidemic of emotional problems that are disabling America’s privileged youth, thanks, in large part, to normalized, intrusive parenting that stunts the crucial development of the self. In recent years, numerous studies have shown that bright, charming, seemingly confident and socially skilled teenagers from affluent, loving families are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders&—rates higher than in any other socioeconomic group of American adolescents. Materialism, pressure to achieve, perfectionism, and disconnection are combining to create a perfect storm that is devastating children of privilege and their parents alike. In this eye-opening, provocative, and essential book, clinical psychologist Madeline Levine explodes one child-rearing myth after another. With empathy and candor, she identifies toxic cultural influences and well-intentioned, but misguided, parenting practices that are detrimental to a child's healthy self-development. Her thoughtful, practical advice provides solutions that will enable parents to help their emotionally troubled "star" child cultivate an authentic sense of self.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061851957
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In this ground-breaking book on the children of affluence, a well-known clinical psychologist exposes the epidemic of emotional problems that are disabling America’s privileged youth, thanks, in large part, to normalized, intrusive parenting that stunts the crucial development of the self. In recent years, numerous studies have shown that bright, charming, seemingly confident and socially skilled teenagers from affluent, loving families are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders&—rates higher than in any other socioeconomic group of American adolescents. Materialism, pressure to achieve, perfectionism, and disconnection are combining to create a perfect storm that is devastating children of privilege and their parents alike. In this eye-opening, provocative, and essential book, clinical psychologist Madeline Levine explodes one child-rearing myth after another. With empathy and candor, she identifies toxic cultural influences and well-intentioned, but misguided, parenting practices that are detrimental to a child's healthy self-development. Her thoughtful, practical advice provides solutions that will enable parents to help their emotionally troubled "star" child cultivate an authentic sense of self.
The Perils of "Privilege"
Author: Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250091209
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
"Privilege--the word, the idea, the j'accuse that cannot be answered with equanimity--is the new rhetorical power play. From social media to academia, public speech to casual conversation, "Check your privilege" or "Your privilege is showing" are utilized to brand people of all kinds with a term once reserved for wealthy, old-money denizens of exclusive communities. Today, "privileged" applies to anyone who enjoys an unearned advantage in life, about which they are likely oblivious. White privilege, male privilege, straight privilege--those conditions make everyday life easier, less stressful, more lucrative, and generally better for those who hold one, two, or all three designations. But what about white female privilege in the context of feminism? Or fixed gender privilege in the context of transgender? Or weight and height privilege in the context of hiring practices and salary levels? Or food privilege in the context of public health? Or two parent, working class privilege in the context of widening inequality for single parent families? In The Perils of Privilege, Phoebe Maltz Bovy examines the rise of this word into extraordinary potency. Does calling out privilege help to change or soften it? Or simply reinforce it by dividing people against themselves? And is privilege a concept that, in fact, only privileged people are debating?"--
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250091209
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
"Privilege--the word, the idea, the j'accuse that cannot be answered with equanimity--is the new rhetorical power play. From social media to academia, public speech to casual conversation, "Check your privilege" or "Your privilege is showing" are utilized to brand people of all kinds with a term once reserved for wealthy, old-money denizens of exclusive communities. Today, "privileged" applies to anyone who enjoys an unearned advantage in life, about which they are likely oblivious. White privilege, male privilege, straight privilege--those conditions make everyday life easier, less stressful, more lucrative, and generally better for those who hold one, two, or all three designations. But what about white female privilege in the context of feminism? Or fixed gender privilege in the context of transgender? Or weight and height privilege in the context of hiring practices and salary levels? Or food privilege in the context of public health? Or two parent, working class privilege in the context of widening inequality for single parent families? In The Perils of Privilege, Phoebe Maltz Bovy examines the rise of this word into extraordinary potency. Does calling out privilege help to change or soften it? Or simply reinforce it by dividing people against themselves? And is privilege a concept that, in fact, only privileged people are debating?"--
Shook One
Author: Charlamagne Tha God
Publisher: Atria Books
ISBN: 1501193260
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Charlamagne Tha God, New York Times bestselling author of Black Privilege and always provocative cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, reveals his blueprint for breaking free from your fears and anxieties. Being “shook” is more than a rap lyric for Charlamagne, it’s his mission to overcome. While it may seem like he’s ahead of the game, he is actually plagued by anxieties, such as the fear of losing his roots, the fear of being a bad dad, and the fear of being a terrible husband. In the national bestseller Shook One, Charlamagne chronicles his journey to beat those fears and shows a path that you too can take to overcome the anxieties that may be holding you back. Ironically, Charlamagne’s fear of failure—of falling into the life of stagnation or crime that caught up so many of his friends and family in his hometown of Moncks Corner—has been the fuel that has propelled him to success. However, even after achieving national prominence as a radio personality, Charlamagne still found himself paralyzed by anxiety and distrust. Here, in Shook One, he is working through these problems—many of which he traces back to cultural PTSD—with help from mentors, friends, and therapy. Being anxious doesn’t serve the same purpose anymore. Through therapy, he’s figuring out how to get over the irrational fears that won’t take him anywhere positive. Charlamange hopes Shook One can be a call to action: Getting help is your right. His second book “cements the radio personality’s stance in making sure he’s on the right side of history when it comes to society’s growing focus on mental health, while helping remove the negative stigma” (Billboard).
Publisher: Atria Books
ISBN: 1501193260
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Charlamagne Tha God, New York Times bestselling author of Black Privilege and always provocative cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, reveals his blueprint for breaking free from your fears and anxieties. Being “shook” is more than a rap lyric for Charlamagne, it’s his mission to overcome. While it may seem like he’s ahead of the game, he is actually plagued by anxieties, such as the fear of losing his roots, the fear of being a bad dad, and the fear of being a terrible husband. In the national bestseller Shook One, Charlamagne chronicles his journey to beat those fears and shows a path that you too can take to overcome the anxieties that may be holding you back. Ironically, Charlamagne’s fear of failure—of falling into the life of stagnation or crime that caught up so many of his friends and family in his hometown of Moncks Corner—has been the fuel that has propelled him to success. However, even after achieving national prominence as a radio personality, Charlamagne still found himself paralyzed by anxiety and distrust. Here, in Shook One, he is working through these problems—many of which he traces back to cultural PTSD—with help from mentors, friends, and therapy. Being anxious doesn’t serve the same purpose anymore. Through therapy, he’s figuring out how to get over the irrational fears that won’t take him anywhere positive. Charlamange hopes Shook One can be a call to action: Getting help is your right. His second book “cements the radio personality’s stance in making sure he’s on the right side of history when it comes to society’s growing focus on mental health, while helping remove the negative stigma” (Billboard).
The Wisdom of Anxiety
Author: Sheryl Paul
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1783253452
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
'We have to shift from a mindset of shame, which sees anxiety as evidence of brokenness, to a mindset of curiosity, which recognizes that anxiety is evidence of our sensitive heart, our imaginative mind and our soul's desire to grow towards wholeness.' Three million people are thought to suffer from anxiety in the UK, and it is an issue that affects a growing number of people across all ages. For anyone troubled by obsessive thoughts, insomnia and other manifestations of anxiety, counsellor Sheryl Paul offers shelter in the storm. In The Wisdom of Anxiety, Paul reveals that anxiety, like any emotion, is a signal - a clear bodily invitation to heal and renew your trust in your choices, self-image and core values. Weaving together practical exercises with personal stories, Paul offers medication-free approaches for accessing the gifts in different kinds of anxiety, and especially the anxiety summoned by life's transitions, for example a career change, becoming parents or becoming carers for loved ones. Chapters include recognising the symptoms of anxiety, its origins, the myth of 'normal', the expectation of happiness and a timeline of healing that includes exercises for the body and mind. There are also chapters on parenting in an age of anxiety and the vulnerability of connection and relationships.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1783253452
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
'We have to shift from a mindset of shame, which sees anxiety as evidence of brokenness, to a mindset of curiosity, which recognizes that anxiety is evidence of our sensitive heart, our imaginative mind and our soul's desire to grow towards wholeness.' Three million people are thought to suffer from anxiety in the UK, and it is an issue that affects a growing number of people across all ages. For anyone troubled by obsessive thoughts, insomnia and other manifestations of anxiety, counsellor Sheryl Paul offers shelter in the storm. In The Wisdom of Anxiety, Paul reveals that anxiety, like any emotion, is a signal - a clear bodily invitation to heal and renew your trust in your choices, self-image and core values. Weaving together practical exercises with personal stories, Paul offers medication-free approaches for accessing the gifts in different kinds of anxiety, and especially the anxiety summoned by life's transitions, for example a career change, becoming parents or becoming carers for loved ones. Chapters include recognising the symptoms of anxiety, its origins, the myth of 'normal', the expectation of happiness and a timeline of healing that includes exercises for the body and mind. There are also chapters on parenting in an age of anxiety and the vulnerability of connection and relationships.
Welcome to the United States of Anxiety
Author: Jen Lancaster
Publisher: Little A
ISBN: 9781542007924
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster is here to help you chill the hell out. When did USA become shorthand for the United States of Anxiety? From the moment Americans wake up, we're bombarded with all-new terrifying news about crime, the environment, politics, and stroke-inducing foods we've been enjoying for years. We're judged by social media's faceless masses, pressured into maintaining a Pinterest-perfect home, and expected to base our self-worth on retweets, faves, likes, and followers. Our collective FOMO, and the disparity between the ideal and reality, is leading us to spend more and feel worse. No wonder we're getting twitchy. Save for an Independence Day-style alien invasion, how do we begin to escape from the stressors that make up our days? Jen Lancaster is here to take a hard look at our elevating anxieties, and with self-deprecating wit and levelheaded wisdom, she charts a path out of the quagmire that keeps us frightened of the future and ashamed of our imperfectly perfect human lives. Take a deep breath, and her advice, and you just might get through a holiday dinner without wanting to disown your uncle.
Publisher: Little A
ISBN: 9781542007924
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster is here to help you chill the hell out. When did USA become shorthand for the United States of Anxiety? From the moment Americans wake up, we're bombarded with all-new terrifying news about crime, the environment, politics, and stroke-inducing foods we've been enjoying for years. We're judged by social media's faceless masses, pressured into maintaining a Pinterest-perfect home, and expected to base our self-worth on retweets, faves, likes, and followers. Our collective FOMO, and the disparity between the ideal and reality, is leading us to spend more and feel worse. No wonder we're getting twitchy. Save for an Independence Day-style alien invasion, how do we begin to escape from the stressors that make up our days? Jen Lancaster is here to take a hard look at our elevating anxieties, and with self-deprecating wit and levelheaded wisdom, she charts a path out of the quagmire that keeps us frightened of the future and ashamed of our imperfectly perfect human lives. Take a deep breath, and her advice, and you just might get through a holiday dinner without wanting to disown your uncle.
White Picket Fences
Author: Amy Julia Becker
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 1631469223
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A Gentle Invitation into the Challenging Topic of Privilege The notion that some might have it better than others, for no good reason, offends our sensibilities. Yet, until we talk about privilege, we’ll never fully understand it or find our way forward. Amy Julia Becker welcomes us into her life, from the charm of her privileged southern childhood to her adult experience in the northeast, and the denials she has faced as the mother of a child with special needs. She shows how a life behind a white picket fence can restrict even as it protects, and how it can prevent us from loving our neighbors well. White Picket Fences invites us to respond to privilege with generosity, humility, and hope. It opens us to questions we are afraid to ask, so that we can walk further from fear and closer to love, in all its fragile and mysterious possibilities.
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 1631469223
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A Gentle Invitation into the Challenging Topic of Privilege The notion that some might have it better than others, for no good reason, offends our sensibilities. Yet, until we talk about privilege, we’ll never fully understand it or find our way forward. Amy Julia Becker welcomes us into her life, from the charm of her privileged southern childhood to her adult experience in the northeast, and the denials she has faced as the mother of a child with special needs. She shows how a life behind a white picket fence can restrict even as it protects, and how it can prevent us from loving our neighbors well. White Picket Fences invites us to respond to privilege with generosity, humility, and hope. It opens us to questions we are afraid to ask, so that we can walk further from fear and closer to love, in all its fragile and mysterious possibilities.
You Can Fix Your Anxiety
Author: John A. Crawford
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781532950377
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Do you suffer with fear for no good reason? Do you experience stress when you should be relaxed? Do you live with a low mood which has no obvious cause? These are common symptoms of Anxiety and Depression. This book is here to help. You Can Fix Your Anxiety - A Power Guide To Eliminating Stress, Anxiety, And Depression, is a compassionate, professional guide to recovery, written by a therapist who has been successfully treating anxious and depressed people for the last thirteen years. His interest is more than academic however. The author, John Crawford, suffered himself with severe anxiety and depression for almost a decade, before going on to help others. He says, "My recovery took much longer than it needed to because I didn't have the understanding I needed, despite searching high and low. I wrote this book to be the book I wished I'd had then." With well over twenty years of personal and professional experience, John sets out with great conviction, encouragement, and clarity, everything you need to know about how to eliminate stress, anxiety, and depression from your life, once and for all. It's not a quick fix manual. Nor is it a book full of hype, or wild promises. It is a practical, real-world, user-friendly guide, which will walk you step by step through the process of how to fix your anxiety and depression, at the deepest level, from the ground up. This book will: - - Explain the scientific, evolutionary reasons that stress, anxiety, and depression exist. - Explore the two sides of the brain: emotional and intellectual. - Explain why the emotional brain can create symptoms of depression, stress, panic attack, anger, phobias, and the dreaded anxiety attack. - Identify the alarming symptoms of stress and anxiety, and explain why they occur. - Show you how to create an empowered mind-set for proper recovery, and avoid energy-zapping, time-wasting wrong turns. - Help you to understand why "quick fixes" are rarely permanently successful - the important difference between "curing" and "healing". - Give you a clear understanding of the roles of therapy, medication, and self-help. - Explore the importance of love, compassion, consistency, and unconditional support. - Highlight why love, skills, and resources, are crucial stress management tools. - Show you how to stop beating yourself up about being stressed, anxious, or depressed. - Teach you how to self-soothe and end the "fear of fear" stalemate. - Explain why eight little words are so important! - Explain why your nervous system is an anxiety-collecting bucket, and show you how to empty it. - Help you identify the language of fear you use in your internal dialogue, and change it! - Explore some of the basic principles and strategies used in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). - Show you how to accurately identify your "needs" using "the miracle question", and create change with minimum resistance. - How to recognise what may be holding you back from healing. - Explain why the word "no" is important for you, and how and why to be more assertive when necessary. - Provide you with easy, practical, stress and anxiety reduction tools which really work. - Give you download access to one of John's professionally recorded relaxation MP3's (worth the book price alone!) - Explain hypnotherapy, and instruct you in the safe, effective use of self-hypnosis. - Discuss how to support your brain and body during your recovery. - Look at the main obstacles to resolving anxiety and depression, and how to move past them. - Share John's own recovery story, and how he overcame the challenges. - Provide you with an "emotional rescue" section for a final boost to your determination, and reference on difficult days. - And much more... This is an expert book from the heart for people who are suffering but don't know how to escape.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781532950377
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Do you suffer with fear for no good reason? Do you experience stress when you should be relaxed? Do you live with a low mood which has no obvious cause? These are common symptoms of Anxiety and Depression. This book is here to help. You Can Fix Your Anxiety - A Power Guide To Eliminating Stress, Anxiety, And Depression, is a compassionate, professional guide to recovery, written by a therapist who has been successfully treating anxious and depressed people for the last thirteen years. His interest is more than academic however. The author, John Crawford, suffered himself with severe anxiety and depression for almost a decade, before going on to help others. He says, "My recovery took much longer than it needed to because I didn't have the understanding I needed, despite searching high and low. I wrote this book to be the book I wished I'd had then." With well over twenty years of personal and professional experience, John sets out with great conviction, encouragement, and clarity, everything you need to know about how to eliminate stress, anxiety, and depression from your life, once and for all. It's not a quick fix manual. Nor is it a book full of hype, or wild promises. It is a practical, real-world, user-friendly guide, which will walk you step by step through the process of how to fix your anxiety and depression, at the deepest level, from the ground up. This book will: - - Explain the scientific, evolutionary reasons that stress, anxiety, and depression exist. - Explore the two sides of the brain: emotional and intellectual. - Explain why the emotional brain can create symptoms of depression, stress, panic attack, anger, phobias, and the dreaded anxiety attack. - Identify the alarming symptoms of stress and anxiety, and explain why they occur. - Show you how to create an empowered mind-set for proper recovery, and avoid energy-zapping, time-wasting wrong turns. - Help you to understand why "quick fixes" are rarely permanently successful - the important difference between "curing" and "healing". - Give you a clear understanding of the roles of therapy, medication, and self-help. - Explore the importance of love, compassion, consistency, and unconditional support. - Highlight why love, skills, and resources, are crucial stress management tools. - Show you how to stop beating yourself up about being stressed, anxious, or depressed. - Teach you how to self-soothe and end the "fear of fear" stalemate. - Explain why eight little words are so important! - Explain why your nervous system is an anxiety-collecting bucket, and show you how to empty it. - Help you identify the language of fear you use in your internal dialogue, and change it! - Explore some of the basic principles and strategies used in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). - Show you how to accurately identify your "needs" using "the miracle question", and create change with minimum resistance. - How to recognise what may be holding you back from healing. - Explain why the word "no" is important for you, and how and why to be more assertive when necessary. - Provide you with easy, practical, stress and anxiety reduction tools which really work. - Give you download access to one of John's professionally recorded relaxation MP3's (worth the book price alone!) - Explain hypnotherapy, and instruct you in the safe, effective use of self-hypnosis. - Discuss how to support your brain and body during your recovery. - Look at the main obstacles to resolving anxiety and depression, and how to move past them. - Share John's own recovery story, and how he overcame the challenges. - Provide you with an "emotional rescue" section for a final boost to your determination, and reference on difficult days. - And much more... This is an expert book from the heart for people who are suffering but don't know how to escape.
Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Anxiety
Author: Britt Wray
Publisher: The Experiment, LLC
ISBN: 1891011227
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
“Generation Dread is a vital and deeply compelling read.”—Adam McKay, award-winning writer, director, and producer (Vice, Succession, Don’t Look Up) “Read this courageous book.”—Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything “Wray shows finally that meaningful living is possible even in the face of that which threatens to extinguish life itself.”—Dr. Gabor Maté, author of When the Body Says No When we’re faced with record-breaking temperatures, worsening wildfires, more severe storms, and other devastating effects of climate change, feelings of anxiety and despair are normal. In Generation Dread, Britt Wray reminds us that our distress is, at its heart, a sign of our connection to and love for the world. The first step toward becoming a steward of the planet is connecting with our climate emotions—seeing them as a sign of our humanity and empathy and learning how to live with them. Britt Wray, a scientist and expert on the psychological impacts of the climate crisis, brilliantly weaves together research, insight from climate-aware therapists, and personal experience, to illuminate how we can connect with others, find purpose, and thrive in a warming, climate-unsettled world.
Publisher: The Experiment, LLC
ISBN: 1891011227
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
“Generation Dread is a vital and deeply compelling read.”—Adam McKay, award-winning writer, director, and producer (Vice, Succession, Don’t Look Up) “Read this courageous book.”—Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything “Wray shows finally that meaningful living is possible even in the face of that which threatens to extinguish life itself.”—Dr. Gabor Maté, author of When the Body Says No When we’re faced with record-breaking temperatures, worsening wildfires, more severe storms, and other devastating effects of climate change, feelings of anxiety and despair are normal. In Generation Dread, Britt Wray reminds us that our distress is, at its heart, a sign of our connection to and love for the world. The first step toward becoming a steward of the planet is connecting with our climate emotions—seeing them as a sign of our humanity and empathy and learning how to live with them. Britt Wray, a scientist and expert on the psychological impacts of the climate crisis, brilliantly weaves together research, insight from climate-aware therapists, and personal experience, to illuminate how we can connect with others, find purpose, and thrive in a warming, climate-unsettled world.
Uneasy Street
Author: Rachel Sherman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691195161
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
A surprising and revealing look at how today’s elite view their wealth and place in society From TV’s “real housewives” to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on “easy street”? In this penetrating book, Rachel Sherman draws on rare in-depth interviews that she conducted with fifty affluent New Yorkers—from hedge fund financiers and artists to stay-at-home mothers—to examine their lifestyle choices and understanding of privilege. Sherman upends images of wealthy people as invested only in accruing social advantages for themselves and their children. Instead, these liberal elites, who believe in diversity and meritocracy, feel conflicted about their position in a highly unequal society. As the distance between rich and poor widens, Uneasy Street not only explores the lives of those at the top but also sheds light on how extreme inequality comes to seem ordinary and acceptable to the rest of us.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691195161
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
A surprising and revealing look at how today’s elite view their wealth and place in society From TV’s “real housewives” to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on “easy street”? In this penetrating book, Rachel Sherman draws on rare in-depth interviews that she conducted with fifty affluent New Yorkers—from hedge fund financiers and artists to stay-at-home mothers—to examine their lifestyle choices and understanding of privilege. Sherman upends images of wealthy people as invested only in accruing social advantages for themselves and their children. Instead, these liberal elites, who believe in diversity and meritocracy, feel conflicted about their position in a highly unequal society. As the distance between rich and poor widens, Uneasy Street not only explores the lives of those at the top but also sheds light on how extreme inequality comes to seem ordinary and acceptable to the rest of us.