Abstract
A decent society requires the elimination of the sort of inequality that leads to humiliation, as well as humiliating coercion. I claim that the humiliation involved in inequality and coercion depends in part on the communicative and symbolic character of the acts of inequality or coercion. I emphasized one particular component of such acts, namely, the aspect of untouchability or pollution associated with inequality.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 147-160 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Social Research |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1997 |