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Book SynopsisThe Objectification Spectrum draws upon timeless wisdom to propose a new model of objectification as a spectrum of misapprehension running from mild to extreme manifestations. Utilizing compelling historical examples, the author explores dispositional and situational factors contributing to the problem, and also presents objectification's antidote--the enlightenment spectrum.
Trade Review"A valuable addition to current scholarship, it would be an excellent introductory text--a starting point from which readers could continue their own more focused research."--Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: LEAVING PLATO'S CAVE-OUR ONLY HOPE ; SECTION I-SHADOWS ON THE CAVE WALL: THE MANY FACES OF OBJECTIFICATION ; * Chapter One: Preliminaries ; * Chapter Two: Objectification: A Slippery, Multiple Concept ; * Chapter Three: Objectification Revisited: A Spectrum of Misapprehension ; SECTION II-THE HUMAN SITUATION: LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES ; * Chapter Four: Three Observations from Antiquity: "Philosophia Perennis " ; * Chapter Five: Unity Consciousness: Reality at its Deepest Level ; SECTION III-WHAT WE ARE: DISPOSITIONAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO OBJECTIFICATION ; * Chapter Six: The Paradoxical Nature of Boundaries ; * Chapter Seven: Boundaries of Self ; * Chapter Eight: Narcissism ; * Chapter Nine: The Ego (Part One): Its Nature and Manifestations ; * Chapter Ten: The Ego (Part Two): Having Versus Being ; * Chapter Eleven: Problems Stemming from Death Denial ; SECTION IV-WHO WE ARE: SITUATIONAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO OBJECTIFICATION ; * Chapter Twelve: Rising Awareness of Situational Power ; * Chapter Thirteen: Situationally-Induced Objectification: Three Relevant Classic Examples ; * Chapter Fourteen: What is the Heroic Individual? Momentary Transcendence of Objectification ; SECTION V-PATHWAYS TOWARD TRANSFORMATION: TRAILS LEADING OUT OF PLATO'S CAVE ; * Chapter Fifteen: The Problem of Enlightenment ; * Chapter Sixteen: Theistic & Nontheistic Approaches to Transcending Objectification ; * Chapter Seventeen: Objectification's Antidote: The Enlightenment Spectrum
