The Ecology of Power with Robert Fuller

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What makes power tick and how does it become entrenched and abused? Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, so the saying goes. What lies beneath power? Understanding the nature of power can help us move towards a world of freedom, justice and economic equity for all. In this dialogue, Robert Fuller points to a hidden form of discrimination that everyone knows but no one sees, discrimination based on rank. (For other New Dimensions dialogues with Robert Fuller find programs #1803, #1988, #2044, #2091, #2672, #2869, #2891, #2896, #2983, #3069, #3152)

Robert Fuller earned a PhD in physics at Princeton University and taught at Columbia University before becoming the president of Oberlin College. He served for many years as chairman of the global nonprofit media organization, Internews. He is the author of Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank (New Society Publishers 2003) and All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity (Berrett Koehler 2006). To find out more information about the work of Robert Fuller go to www.breakingranks.net

Topics Explored in this Dialogue:

• How does World War II and the Vietnam War relate to the war on terrorism?
• How rankism uses power to support a belief system
• How can we transform the despair and hopelessness of young people around the world?
• How the “somebody mystique” affects our life and culture
• How did many people choose to ignore Hitler prior to World War II?
• How do we halt the abuses of rankism and move towards fairness and justice for all?

Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 10/24/2001