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Caste
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
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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 civilisations 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 moral clarity of its insights or its urgent call for a freer, fairer world.
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- Praveen
- 03-02-22
An excellent book that must be read
An extremely well presented narration covering in touching detail, this sensitive and deplorable aspect of human history. It brings out in vivid detail the crime that is still being perpetrated on vast sections of fellow human beings and in which an equally large number are providing tacit support either unwittingly or for selfish interests.
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- Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya
- 30-08-22
Caste - Brilliant take on understanding prejudices
Isabel Wilkerson's brilliantly researced, analysed book with personal anecdotes from experience, history and inter-cultural practices with shared prejudices. A must read for all readers especially from India and USA.
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- Lavi
- 23-05-22
it's an eye opener
I thought America to be a just society the discrimination might have been just on the color basis, but giving a viz a viz comparison with thr caste system of India, I did not perceive it from that view point, I liked how author with help of examples explained the unjust behavior of the people, the only part I didnt like exaggeration of Barrack Obama maybe whatever disadvantages he had, he wore the same color when he sat on the throne and that is what his Policies were like.
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- S ASOKAN
- 01-11-20
Wonderful experience !
This is my first audible book. Loved listening to the book. Halfway through listening, decided that 'this is a good book and should be preserved', ordered a printed version of the book too..If only all educated humans would read/listen to this book and practice " radical empathy " that Isabel Wilkerson suggests , this world could become a much better place to live in.
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- Pradeep
- 10-10-22
A must-read book.
Besides their origins, the author narrates in this well researched book many real-life stories to describe the dehumanising impact of stigmatisation, and how the caste and race systems have got perpetuated by the power vested in the dominant groups.
Why this book needs to be read is because the historical knowledge will help us leave that system in the past, dismantle it from the present, and set ourselves free.
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- Chii
- 06-11-20
‘Introduction to racism in America’
This is not for Indians (I am one) who understand caste. This is for white Americans and Europeans who wants primary to understand the dark underbelly of USA
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- vivi
- 09-02-21
great story line
examples given throughout the book were eye opener
i was really unknown area of caste history of the world
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- Pratap
- 05-05-23
History of America's Foundation in the Rawest Form
Every person, especially American, should read this book to make sense of the current political climate and empathize with marginalized communities (perhaps around the world). Books such as these are crucial for the coming generations to learn from the mistakes of the past.
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- Alok Panda
- 19-03-21
Important!
Caste: The origins of our discontents is one of the most important book that one could read in his/her own life. A true blend of history, sociology, political science etc. to discern a caste system for what it is: Power.
Go for this, if you want to find the true contagion that lurks within me and within you.
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- Ritika
- 13-08-22
Deeply insightful and wise
Well written, articulate, and read well by the narrator. The author has brought a life time of research and backed it up with anecdotal and lived experiences - filling up data and history with feeling.
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