{"product_id":"objectification-spectrum-understanding-and-transcending-our-diminishment-and-dehumanization-of-others-9780199355419","title":"Objectification Spectrum Understanding and Transcending Our Diminishment and Dehumanization of Others","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION:  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 \u0026amp; Nontheistic Approaches to Transcending Objectification ; * Chapter Seventeen: Objectification's Antidote: The  Enlightenment Spectrum","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767013802327,"sku":"9780199355419","price":66.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199355419.jpg?v=1758712064","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/objectification-spectrum-understanding-and-transcending-our-diminishment-and-dehumanization-of-others-9780199355419","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}