Seeing Others

Michele Lamont

Seeing Others
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Country
United States
Published
7 January 2025
Pages
272
ISBN
9781982153793

Seeing Others

Michele Lamont

"A thoughtful recipe for building social justice" (Kirkus Reviews) from acclaimed Harvard sociologist Michele Lamont that makes the case for reexamining what we value--the quest for respect--in an age that has been defined by growing inequality and the obsolescence of the American dream. In this capstone work, Michele Lamont unpacks the power of recognition--rendering others as visible and valued--by drawing on nearly forty years of research and new interviews with young adults and cultural icons--from Nikole Hannah-Jones and Cornel West to Michael Schur and Roxane Gay.

Decades of neoliberalism have negatively impacted our sense of self-worth, up and down the income ladder, just as the American dream has become out of reach for most people. By prioritizing material and professional success, we judge ourselves and others in terms of self-reliance, competition, and diplomas. The foregrounding of these attributes of the upper-middle class in our values system feeds into the marginalization of workers, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and minority groups. The solution, Lamont argues, is to shift our focus towards what we have in common while actively working to recognize the diverse ways one can live a life. Building on Lamont's lifetime of expertise and revelatory connections between broad-ranging issues, Seeing Others delivers realistic sources of hope: by reducing stigma, we put change within reach.

Just as Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone did for a previous generation, Seeing Others strikes at the heart of our modern struggles and illuminates an inclusive path forward with new ways for understanding our world.

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