From the Book - First edition.
Part One: Toxins in the Permafrost and Heat Rising all Around --
The afterlife of pathogens --
An old house and an infrared light --
An American untouchable --
Part Two: The Arbitrary Construction of Human Divisions --
A long-running play and the emergence of caste in America --
"The container we have built for you" --
The measure of humanity --
Through the fog of Delhi to the parallels in India and America --
The Nazis and the acceleration of caste --
Part Three: The Eight Pillars of Caste --
The foundations of caste : The origins of our discontents --
Pillar number one : Divine will and the laws of nature --
Pillar number two : Heritability --
Pillar number three : Endogamy and the control of marriage and mating --
Pillar number four : Purity versus pollution --
Pillar number five : Occupational hierarchy : the jatis and the mudsill --
Pillar number six : Dehumanization and stigma --
Pillar number seven : Terror as enforcement, cruelty as a means of control --
Pillar number eight : Inherent superiority versus inherent inferiority --
Part Four: The Tentacles of Caste --
Brown eyes versus blue eyes --
Dominant group status threat and the precarity of the highest rung --
A scapegoat to bear the sins of the world --
The insecure Alpha and the purpose of an underdog --
The intrusion of caste in everyday life --
The urgent necessity of a bottom rung --
Last place anxiety : packed in a flooding basement --
On the early front lines of caste --
Satchel Paige and the illogic of caste --
Part Five: The Consequences of Caste --
The inevitable narcissism of caste --
The German girl with the dark, wavy hair --
The Stockholm Syndrome and the survival of the subordinate caste --
Shock troops on the borders of hierarchy --
Cortisol, telomeres, and the lethality of caste --
A change in the script --
Turning point and the resurgence of caste --
Democracy on the ballot --
The price we pay for a caste system --
Shedding the sacred thread --
The radicalization of the dominant caste --
The heart is the last frontier --
Epilogue: A world without caste.
From the Large Print - Large print edition.
Toxins in the permafrost and heat rising all around. The afterlife of pathogens ; The vitals of history ; An old house and an infrared light ; An American untouchable ; An invisible program
The arbitrary construction of human divisions. A long-running play and the emergence of caste in America ; "The container we have built for you" ; The measure of humanity ; Through the fog of Delhi to the parallels in India and America ; The Nazis and the acceleration of caste ; The evil of silence
The eight pillars of caste. The foundations of caste: the origins of our discontents ; Pillar number one: divine will and the laws of nature ; Pillar number two: heritability ; Pillar number three: endogamy and the control of marriage and mating ; Pillar number four: purity versus pollution ; Pillar number five: occupational hierarchy: the Jatis and the Mudsil ; Pillar number six: dehumanization and stigma ; Pillar number seven: terror as enforcement, cruelty as a means of control ; Pillar number eight: inherent superiority versus inherent inferiority
The tentacles of caste. Brown eyes versus blue eyes ; Central miscasting ; Dominant group status threat and the precarity of the highest rung ; A scapegoat to bear the sins of the world ; The insecure alpha and the purpose of an underdog ; The intrusion of caste in everyday life ; The urgent necessity of a bottom rung ; Last place anxiety: packed in a flooding basement ; On the early front lines of caste ; Satchel Paige and the illogic of caste
The consequences of caste. The euphoria of hate ; The inevitable narcissism of caste ; The German girl with the dark, wavy hair ; The Stockholm syndrome and the survival of the subordinate caste ; Shock troops on the borders of hierarchy ; Cortisol, telomeres, and the lethality of caste
Backlash. A change in the script ; Turning point and the resurgence of caste ; The symbols of caste ; Democracy on the ballot ; The price we pay for a caste system
Awakening. Shedding the sacred thread ; The radicalization of the dominant caste ; The heart is the last frontier
Epilogue: a world without caste.