DAS Buch zur US-Wahl im November 2024: Rassismus, Sexismus, Klassismus sind Sprachen der Unterdrückung. Die Grammatik, die ihnen unsichtbar zugrunde liegt, ist das System der Kaste. In ihrer augenöffnenden Analyse legt die Historikerin und Journalistin Isabel Wilkerson den Blick frei auf eben dieses Regelwerk, nach dem wir entscheiden, wem in einer Gesellschaft Ressourcen und Respekt zugestanden werden – und wem nicht. Wilkerson betrachtet neben den USA die Kastensysteme Indiens und des Dritten Reichs. Sie zeigt, inwiefern selbst die privilegiertesten Menschen der westlichen Welt irgendwann einer benachteiligten Kaste angehören werden: der Kaste der Alten. Und sie erzählt eindrücklich aus dem eigenen Leben. Profund recherchiert, brillant geschrieben.
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. She interviewed more than a thousand individuals, and gained access to new data and offical records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. - Back cover
Exploring the intricate dynamics of social stratification, this work delves into the origins and implications of caste systems. It builds upon the themes presented in "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents," examining how caste affects individual lives and societal structures. The book offers a profound analysis of the historical and contemporary impacts of caste, providing insights into the persistent inequalities that shape our world.
'The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power -
which groups have it and which do not' Beyond race or class, our lives are
defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-
winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hidden
phenomenon. Linking America, India and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson reveals how our
world has been shaped by caste - and how its rigid, arbitrary hierarchies
still divide us today. With clear-sighted rigour, Wilkerson unearths the eight
pillars that connect caste systems across civilizations, and demonstrates how
our own era of intensifying conflict and upheaval has arisen as a consequence
of caste. Weaving in stories of real people, she shows how its insidious
undertow emerges every day; she documents its surprising health costs; and she
explores its effects on culture and politics. Finally, Wilkerson points
forward to the ways we can - and must - move beyond its artificial divisions,
towards our common humanity. Beautifully written and deeply original, Caste is
an eye-opening examination of what lies beneath the surface of ordinary lives.
No one can afford to ignore the moral clarity of its insights, or its urgent
call for a freer, fairer world.
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. “As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.” In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity. Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of America life today.
Všetci ľudia sú na 99,9% rovnakí! Rasa teda nie je vedecký, ale len sociálny konštrukt. A napriek tomu svet stále ovláda fenomén nepísaných zákonov, ktoré ľuďom od narodenia určujú pevné a nemenné miesto v spoločnosti. Buď hore, alebo dole. Americká autorka Isabel Wilkerson, držiteľka Pulitzerovej ceny, skúma americký rasizmus ako druh kastového systému. Vo svojej knihe Kasta nám ponúka detailný portrét tohto fenoménu, porovnáva ho s kastovými systémami v Indii či v nacistickom Nemecku a svoj široký výskum spája s príbehmi obyčajných ľudí, aby nám predviedla, ako tento systému funguje v praxi. Nielen v časoch otrokárstva, ale aj dnes.
