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- Publication dateFebruary 27, 2018
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Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2018
“Comprehensive, measured, and well researched, this may be the most important book of the year. Period. The authors do a masterful job of explaining the nation’s shift from a culture of honor, to a culture of dignity, to one of victimhood. Required reading for those seeking to move beyond the seeming downward spiral of becoming a nation of victims.” (J. R. Mitrano, Choice, Vol. 56 (1), September, 2018)“Sociologists Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning have produced the first systematic theoretical analysis of the moral culture of “victimhood” emerging on university campuses. This book is an important addition to the sociology of morality in its documentation of the contours of a newly emerging moral culture.” (Kevin Mccaffree, skeptic.com, February, 2018).
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“A book of revelations! Sociologists Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning provide both a comprehensive overview and surgically precise analysis of what many will find a new and possibly shocking style of modern morality―a ‘culture of victimhood’―that ever more aggressively dominatesdiscourse and silences the free exchange of ideas in American academic life. The book will reward any reader with a rare experience: a consistently creative and stunningly insightful theory supported by a rich array of captivating empirical illustrations. Anyone with even a casual interest in the conflict and tension that increasingly pervade and politicize the atmosphere of today’s colleges and universities will surely feast on every chapter of this book.” (Donald Black, University Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences, University of Virginia, USA, and author of Moral Time and The Behavior of Law)
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About the authors
I'm from Chincoteague Island, on Virginia's Eastern Shore. After going to college at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, I went on to get a PhD in sociology from the University of Virginia. I'm now Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University in Morgantown. More importantly, I'm a husband and father of two.
For my academic work I mostly write about patterns of violence and moral conflict, using the "pure sociology" approach of innovative theorist Donald Black. I adhere to a view that sociology should be scientific and lament that so much these days is ideologically driven.
Since having kids, I've started dabbling in children's book -- so far nonfiction books about cats and Eastern Shore watermen. Maybe I'll try my hand at stories next.
Bradley Campbell was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and grew up in nearby Aiken. After graduating from Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, he attended graduate school at Clemson University and then the University of Virginia, where in 2008 he received a Ph.D. in sociology. He is currently a Professor of Sociology at California State University, Los Angeles.
Professor Campbell is broadly interested in moral conflict — clashes of right and wrong and how they are handled. Most of his work examines violence, and he is the author of the book THE GEOMETRY OF GENOCIDE: A STUDY IN PURE SOCIOLOGY. Recently he has also begun to examine confllicts on modern college campuses. Along with Jason Manning, he is the author of THE RISE OF VICTIMHOOD CULTURE: MICROAGGRESSIONS, SAFE SPACES, AND THE NEW CULTURE WARS, which looks at microaggression complaints, calls for trigger warnings and safe spaces, and the ongoing debate about these phenomena, which can be seen as manifestations of ongoing moral change and the clash of different moral ideals.
For more information, see http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/bradley-campbell
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2020Similar to "The Coddling of the American Mind" by Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff, sociologists Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning take a closer look at the phenomenon happening on certain college campuses: the introduction of concepts like microaggressions, safe spaces, trigger warnings, etc.
It's important to add (just like "Coddling") that these college incidents seem to be mostly isolated to elite universities and do not seem to be a reflection of the majority of colleges. Nevertheless, the number of incidents are increasing and have become a source of ridicule in the mainstream, including an episode on South Park where Cartman sings a song about his "safe space".
But what are these ideas exactly, and why do they keep coming up? The authors seek to help us better understand what they've termed "Victimhood Culture" by using past cultures of Honor and Dignity.
𝐈𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 💪:
📌 Reputation and Bravery are key factors of one’s moral status.
🛡️ Small conflicts are responded to aggressively.
🚨 Little to no appeals to authority, third-parties, and public opinion for justice.
🙌 Examples of Honor Culture: the Old West, the mafia.
🗣️ Phrases you’d hear:
"𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘦𝘭!"
"𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺'𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵."
“𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱.”
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𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 👤:
📌 Self-restraint and Civility are key factors of one’s moral status.
🛡️ Small conflicts are responded to with non-violence and compromise.
🚨 May sometimes appeal to authority, third-parties, or public opinion for justice.
🙌 Examples of Dignity Culture: Formal debate, Court of Law, Due Process
🗣️ Phrases you’d hear:
"𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘦."
“𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭.”
“𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴.”
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𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 😨:
📌 Suffering and Victimization are key factors of one’s moral status.
🛡️ Small conflicts are responded to aggressively (like Honor culture).
🚨 Mostly appeals to authority, third-parties, and public opinion for justice.
🙌 Examples of Victimhood Culture: Callout/Cancel Culture, Microaggressions, Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces
🗣️ Phrases you’d hear:
"𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.”
"𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳; 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰."
"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺!"
Throughout the book, the authors continue to remain impartial and reasonable in explaining the situation and its consequences. If you're looking for a book that seeks to ridicule Victimhood Culture, this is NOT the book. It's an academic read: their arguments are balanced, rational, and heavily sourced.
Perhaps it's because I personally embrace Dignity Culture, I admit there were times the authors cited instances of grievances from individuals and I nearly laughed in disbelief: "These people have to be joking, right?!"
It's important we all understand this idea of Victimhood Culture not just for the explanation it entails but also in seeing that this isn't limited to college campuses. These ideas have seeped out into our modern society. We have many modern cultural movements with foundations based upon collective victimhood (e.g. Callout/Cancel Culture, #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, Trumpism).
To emphasize, I'm NOT saying Victimhood Culture is inherently a "bad thing", and neither are the authors of this book. Each culture brings with it a new set of solutions and problems. In Victimhood Culture, we provided platforms and spotlights to victims of injustices that would never have been addressed prior (e.g. crimes of Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby). That's fantastic, and I am all for that!
But on the flip side, Victimhood Culture has overextended its reach, inadvertently supporting instances of victimhood where there is none to be found. False allegations have been made toward individuals whose reputations are now ruined because of them. The irony of Victimhood Culture is you receive more popularity and sympathy by virtue of being a victim, real or imagined. And without any consequences for false accusations, the accuser's social status raised regardless of the truth, why wouldn't someone feel more inclined to lie so long as it benefited them?
Because of Victimhood Culture's need to always believe the victim over the accused, we've let it get in the way of seeing situations in more balanced, critical ways. This unintentional elevation of false victims has done a massive disservice to people who are actual victims of injustice.
This is an important book illuminating not just what's happening on some college campuses but also in how Victimhood Culture has also spread into the mainstream. If we're going to solve society's problems, we need to also be willing to acknowledge this is a problem..
But on a lighter note, it seems as of late Victimhood Culture is having the tide turned. More people are starting to become skeptical of allegations rather than simply jumping to conclusions. Celebrities like Jussie Smollett whose racial accusations turned out to be false is now facing criminal charges for his lies. And let's not forget the recent verdict in the Depp/Heard trial.
Perhaps this book will become pretty outdated within the next few years. But for now, I give this book my recommendation!
- Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2024I really like how this book examines alternative viewpoints that don't fit the current narrative. Learned some really cool new vocabulary along the way and much more to think on.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2023This book's point of view is similar to that of linguist and author John McWhorter. McWhorter, who is black, makes the observation that American blacks suffer from a culture of victimhood, racial separatism, and anti-intellectialism.
Campbell and Manning focus mainly on the victimhood part, but also touch on racial separatism as well. They report on a number of campus racial conflict incidents that have been well documented. These incidents have received deserved widespread condemnations of student protestor violence and intimidation.
The authors make the case of cultures in conflict. An honor culture, a dignity culture, and a victimhood culture. The honor culture is common in the South and in the inner city. "Insult me and I will harm or kill you." The dignity culture is more commonplace in the overall country. "Insult me and I will either shrug it off or verbally rebuke you. If things get out if hand, I will call the authorities." Victimhood culture is found in black communities and also amongst feminists and other minorities. "You (If you are white or male) owe me. You are the oppressor. I will inform the authorities of your behavior for punishment." The authors take the view that victimhood and honor cultures are less than desirable and that the dignity culture should replace the others--or such is my interpretation.
The authors definitely appear to have a conservative slant. I am a left of center liberal, but agree with a fair amount of their arguments. They do blunder on occasion, though. They cite a very small study which claimed 41% of rape claims were false. I have several family members that have been the victims of rape. The 41% greatly exceeds any credible # that I have heard of. Not saying, however, that false rape claims are not a problem.
The authors take on the issue of "social justice" rather poorly--I thought. They more or less dismiss it out of hand. I suppose they might subscribe to the meme that we are in, "The best of all possible worlds." This is the common narrative amongst conservative economists. Beggars on many street corners and bloody violence in our inner cities as opposed to luxurious waste amongst our well-to-do do not argue for, "Just another day in paradise." "Justice" is not a merely abstract concept, but a concept that is reflected in the way people live their lives. Poor children in this country of great wealth live in "unjust" circumstances--due to no fault of their own.
Finally, the authors claim that their arguments are "value-free" and only based on scientific data. When it comes to the social sciences, I think this is nonsense. Our sense of morality and ethics usually reflect our family upbringing and life experience. Those values provide the framing with which we approach social, economic, legal, philosophical, etc. problems. To claim "complete scientific objectivity" is a precious conceit. Also, while it is easy to make fun of "victimhood" as an ideology, the history of black oppression and the subordination of women in the US should not be forgotten and its negative outcomes should be addressed in this day and age.
Overall, though, a worthwhile book. Despite some of its shortcomings.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2023Caveat: I do not know much of the sociology space, as I have training in the quantitative realm. That said, this book showed me what real sociological analysis entails. Extremely thorough and cadenced unfolding of victimhood culture and how it differs from either honor culture or dignity culture. If you have a hard time wrapping your head around this kind of phenomenon today, this book will give you some clues. The authors dig deep on the "what", the "how", and the "why" of victimhood culture. The book does not give much guidance on the navigation amidst this culture, as I would have liked, but given that this book also taught me that real scientific sociology doesn't necessarily "take sides", I can understand why the book hesitates. overall, a good, chewable read.
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- David A AnnisReviewed in Canada on May 13, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Explanation
I found it helpful to see the history of victimhood culture and how it has grown from the idea of helping others. Of particular interest is the sometimes lack of logic, or hypocrisy, that is applied by its proponents. Thank you for showing this.
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LluísReviewed in Spain on July 27, 2021
4.0 out of 5 stars Análisis de las causas, la naturaleza y las consecuencias de la "cultura de la victimización"
Las denuncias de las "microagresiones", la lucha por obtener "espacios seguros" y, en general, la denuncia ante cualquier acto o palabra que, de forma consciente o inconsciente, pueda suponer un agravio por motivo de género, etnia u orientación sexual constituye uno de los fenómenos más relevantes de la actualidad. No es de extrañar, pues, que se haya publicado bastante sobre este tema, ya sea a favor o en contra. En este contexto, la principal aportación de este libro es que no se contenta con realizar una crítica a lo que los autores denominan "la cultura de la victimización", sino que lleva a cabo un exhaustivo análisis de cuáles son sus rasgos principales y qué factores sociales y culturales están propiciando su crecimiento y difusión.
Es un libro metódico, riguroso y rico en conceptos e ideas. Tal vez la principal limitación es que exagera el papel del activismo de raíz marxista o revolucionario y, en cambio, omita el importantísimo papel que las teorías de Foucault y Deleuze tienen en esta modalidad de cultura.
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SpinozisteReviewed in France on March 3, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent ouvrage : utile, lucide et pénétrant
Un ouvrage de référence sur un ensemble de phénomènes récents , étudiés sur les campus universitaires et qui témoigne, avec un certain souci d'impartialité, d'une évolution morale et sociale sans aucun doute majeure de nos sociétés démocratiques. Selon Campbell et Manning, une nouvelle morale, autrement dit norme et échelle de valeurs dans les rapports sociaux, serait apparue, une morale de la "victimisation" : hypersensibilité à l'"outrage" même minime ou inintentionnel, recours public, tapageur et systématique à un tiers représentant de l'autorité, (quasi-)sacralisation du statut victimaire, devenu l'alpha et l'oméga de cette axiologie où être reconnu victime est la base de toute reconnaissance sociale .
Des exemples aussi nombreux qu'édifiants, des mises à jour régulières de la bibliographie, une langue claire et précise : bref, je recommande, à toute personne qui, comme moi, s'étonne de ce qu'il voit et entend, et veut comprendre le fossé générationnel à venir.
- S BrownReviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Read this if you want your child to be educated, rather than to be trained/brainwashed to be a social justice warrior
Very informative about the frightening culture of victimhood which has been spilling out of North American universities for the past few years and is now also infecting elite UK and Australian universities. I read the whole book hoping against hope that there would be some sensible suggestions about how this tide can be turned. There are a few suggestions but I fear they may not be enough. Anyone with children - and especially those who will be going to university - needs to read this before they apply. Parents of younger children need to prepare them so that the don't succumb to culture of microaggression, victimhood, and safe spaces.
- ImranReviewed in Singapore on April 12, 2023
3.0 out of 5 stars Low-cost print but great content
The book is a rare but useful analysis of victimhood culture prevalent among the woke generation. It provides a sociological take that sets the context of a phenomenon many are wondering about.
But be aware that the book is not professionally printed. It is a low-cost print-on-demand and contains icons and links on the page margins - indicating that this is printed from a web version and sold as a book. Disappointing!