The Tyranny of Merit

Release on 2020-09-10 | by Michael J. Sandel

Author: Michael J. Sandel
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9780141991184
Category: Political Science
Page: 288
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The Tyranny of Merit

A TLS, GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR The new bestseller from the acclaimed author of Justice and one of the world's most popular philosophers 'Will help us to heal our divided societies' Sunday Times These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if you try". And the consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fuelled populist protest, with the triumph of Brexit and election of Donald Trump. Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the polarized politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality. Sandel highlights the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imposes on those left behind. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success - more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility, and more hospitable to a politics of the common good.

Language: en
Pages: 288

The Tyranny of Merit

Authors: Michael J. Sandel

Categories: Political Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-10 - Publisher: Penguin UK

Language: en
Pages: 256

The Tyranny of Merit

Authors: Michael J. Sandel

Categories: Political Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-15 - Publisher:

A world-famous political philosopher, and the bestselling author of Justice, reveals the driving force behind the resurgence of populism: the tyranny of the meritocracy and the resentments it produces. Our politics are fraught with rancor and resentment. Decades of rising inequality and stalled mobility have fueled a populist revolt against

Language: en
Pages: 288

The Tyranny of Merit

Authors: Michael J. Sandel

Categories: Political Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-14 - Publisher: Picador

A Times Literary Supplement’s Book of the Year 2020 A New Statesman's Best Book of 2020 A Bloomberg's Best Book of 2020 A Guardian Best Book About Ideas of 2020 The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of

Language: en
Pages: 176

The Tyranny of the Meritocracy

Authors: Lani Guinier

Categories: Education

Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Beacon Press

"Standing on the foundations of America's promise of equal opportunity, our universities purport to "serve as engines of social mobility" and "practitioners of democracy." But as acclaimed scholar and pioneering civil rights advocate Lani Guinier argues, the merit systems that dictate the admissions practices of these institutions are functioning to