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This free book was sent to me by the publisher. I'm not sure what it's about, but I like to think I qualify as a "thoughtful reader", so we'll see...

This book finally bubbled up to the top of Mt. TBR and got read.

The premise of this book is that "rankism" is the final obstacle to egalitarian society, subsuming racism, sexism, classism, and all the other discriminatory -isms. Fuller identifies and labels what I agree is one of the fundamental problems in human relations - that of the abuse of social rank, and violation of individual human dignity. The book is at its strongest while citing examples rather than abstracting. I found it to be full of thoughtful specific observations of society, business, education, international relations, and family dynamics. Unfortunately, the book suffers from excessive repetition of its obvious premise, and gives inadequate means for addressing abuse beyond calling for the founding of a "movement.”

I'm a Unitarian Universalist, and my religion espouses seven principles. The first principle is that we "covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person." That is so in line with the main premise of this book, that it is hard to believe there is no connection. But none is mentioned in the book.

This book was left on the library donations shelf.