Undoing Privilege

Unearned Advantage and Systemic Injustice in an Unequal World

Professor Bob Pease (Deakin University, Australia)

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Zed Books Ltd
10 February 2022

Social discrimination; Sociology

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.

By: Professor Bob Pease (Deakin University Australia)
Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 412g
ISBN: 9781913441135
ISBN 10: 191344113X
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 10 February 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

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

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 *