Undoing Privilege: Unearned Advantage and Systemic Injustice in an Unequal World

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Undoing Privilege (Second edition) provides anintersectional analysis of key sites of privilege at their structural, culturaland personal levels and outlines strategies for members of privileged groups toface their privilege and devise strategies to undo it from within.

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For every group that is oppressed, another group is privileged. Here, Bob Pease argues that privilege, as the other side of oppression, has received insufficient attention in both critical theories and in the practices of social change. As a result, dominant groups have been allowed to reinforce their dominance.The second edition of Undoing Privilege extensively revises the six sites of privilege from the first edition: Western dominance, class elitism, white and patriarchal privilege and heterosexual and able-bodied privilege to reflect policy shifts and new social movement initiatives as well as the latest research and resources. This edition also includes four new chapters on anthropocentrism, cisgender privilege, adultism and Christian privilege. Pease points out that while the vast majority of people may be oppressed on one level, many are also privileged on another. He demonstrates how members of privileged groups can engage critically with their own dominant position, and explores the potential and limitations of them forming relations of solidarity against oppression and their unearned privilege.The second edition includes new theoretical developments in privilege theory, collective responsibility, complicity in systemic injustice and allyship. It is an essential book for all who are concerned about developing theories and practices for a socially just world.

Author Biography

Bob Pease is Adjunct Professor in the Institute for Social Change at the University of Tasmania and Honorary Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University in Australia.

Table of Contents

Part I: Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations1. Oppression, Privilege and Relations of Domination2. The Matrix and Social Dynamics of PrivilegePart II: Intersecting Sites of Privilege3. Western Dominance and Colonialism4. Political Economy and Class Elitism5. Gender Order and the Patriarchal Dividend6. Racial Formations and White Supremacy7. Institutionalised Heterosexuality and Hetero-privilege8. Ableist Relations and the Embodiment of PrivilegePart III: Undoing Privilege9. Challenging the Reproduction of Privilege from Within

Review

This new, fully revised and updated edition of Undoing Privilege is a major publishing feat, distilling and refining a huge critical literature, and offering ways forward in confronting privilege, politically and academically. Not only does it expand considerably, from the first edition, the dimensions of privilege examined, but it prompts the reader explicitly to locate themselves and implicitly to reflect on what still further privileges, oppressions and erasures operate in time and space * Jeff Hearn, Hanken School of Economics, Finland; author of Men of the World and Age at Work *With new chapters on cisgender and adult-centric privilege, this timely text is even more comprehensive than the first. Essential reading for anyone committed to social justice and dismantling systems of privilege! * Abby L. Ferber, Director of the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA *Many of us in the social justice struggle focus primarily on exposing and indicting oppression. Bob Pease's clear and compassionate analysis reminds us that unearned privilege and advantage are the other side of the oppression coin, and that equity cannot be achieved without engaging with all aspects of this complex dynamic. In an era where intersectional analysis is gaining intellectual ground and authority, Pease's book on the effects and need to dismantle systems of privilege is an essential tool for those seeking ideas that can liberate and empower. * Donna Baines, Director and Professor of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Canada *[T]he second edition of Undoing privilege explores important and necessary social identities, locations, and experiences of domination, power, and control. Pease utilizes relevant and up-to-date literature, credits activists and scholars for their ideas and voices, and utilizes critical reflexivity to position himself throughout the book in a way that is transparent to the reader. * Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work *

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This book argues that privilege, as the other side of oppression, has been given insufficient attention in both critical theories and in the practices of social change and as a result, dominant groups have been allowed to reinforce their privilege.

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'This is a scholarly, well-written book that attempts to portray a refreshingly new viewpoint about challenging and confronting an unequal and unjust world order. The author's transparent sincerity, humility and acute awareness about one's privileged position are embedded throughout the narrative.'Ravindra R.P., India'Undoing Privilege confronts major taken-for-granted dimensions of privilege: Western, class, gender, race, sexual, embodied. It also outlines ways to undo all this, in theory, practice and indeed activism - a huge task that makes for a very important book, written with brevity and humility.'Jeff Hearn, author of The Gender of Oppression'It should be essential reading for anyone committed to social justice.'Abby Ferber, The Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion

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This book argues that privilege, as the other side of oppression, has been given insufficient attention in both critical theories and in the practices of social change and as a result, dominant groups have been allowed to reinforce their privilege.

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Brings focus onto the less studied side of oppression - privilege

Details ISBN191344113X ISBN-10 191344113X ISBN-13 9781913441135 Format Paperback Author Professor Bob Pease Short Title Undoing Privilege Language English Edition 2nd DEWEY 305.5 Year 2021 Imprint Zed Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-12-16 Pages 336 Publication Date 2021-12-16 UK Release Date 2021-12-16 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Edition Description 2nd edition Subtitle Unearned Advantage and Systemic Injustice in an Unequal World Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2022-02-09 We've got this

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