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Becoming an ally : breaking the cycle of oppression in people

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  • Author: Bishop, Anne
    Date:
    Created
    2009
    Summary:

    This new edition is expanded to encompass the last seven years of work, experiences and insight, this book looks specifically at addressing oppression in people. By narrowing the focus, Anne Bishop again raises a number of questions concerning where oppression comes from. Has it always been with us as a part of “human nature”? What can we do to change it? What does individual healing have to do with the struggles for social justice? What does social justice have to do with individual healing? Why do members of oppressed groups fight each other, sometimes more viciously than their oppressor? Why do some who experience oppression develop a life-long commitment to fighting oppression, while others turn around and oppress others?

    Contents:

    Why write a book about becoming an ally?
    Understanding oppression-how did it come about?
    Understanding oppression-how is it held in place?
    Understanding oppression-the personal is political
    Understanding different oppressions
    Consciousness and healing
    Becoming a worker in your own liberation
    Becoming an ally
    Notes on educating allies
    Maintaining hope

    Genre:
    Political science, Psychology, Social science
    Subject(s): Oppression (Psychology) | Social control | Social psychology
    Original Publisher: Halifax, NS, Fernwood
    Language(s): English