Caste: The Lies That Divide us

Author(s): Isabel Wilkerson

Culture & Ideas

'The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power - which groups have it and which do not' Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hidden phenomenon. Linking America, India and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson reveals how our world has been shaped by caste - and how its rigid, arbitrary hierarchies still divide us today. With clear-sighted rigour, Wilkerson unearths the eight pillars that connect caste systems across civilizations, and demonstrates how our own era of intensifying conflict and upheaval has arisen as a consequence of caste. Weaving in stories of real people, she shows how its insidious undertow emerges every day; she documents its surprising health costs; and she explores its effects on culture and politics. Finally, Wilkerson points forward to the ways we can - and must - move beyond its artificial divisions, towards our common humanity. Beautifully written and deeply original, Caste is an eye-opening examination of what lies beneath the surface of ordinary lives. No one can afford to ignore the mo


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Shortlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraight Award for Nonfiction 2021

General Fields

  • : 9780241501207
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Allen Lane
  • : 0.642
  • : December 2019
  • : 4.1 Centimeters X 15.5 Centimeters X 23.3 Centimeters
  • : January 2022
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 496
  • : Aug-20
  • : Paperback
  • : Isabel Wilkerson