The tyranny of merit : what's become of the common good?
Book |
First edition. |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
New York :
2020.
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"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"--Provided by publisher.
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Details
- ISBN: 9780374289980
- Physical Description: 272 pagesprint
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
- General Note: LSC 38.00
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: Introduction : getting in -- Winners and losers -- "Great because good" : a brief moral history of merit -- The rhetoric of rising -- Credentialism : the last acceptable prejudice -- Success ethics -- The sorting machine -- Recognizing work -- Conclusion : merit and the common good.
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Populism >
United States.
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Polarization (Social sciences) >
United States.
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Merit (Ethics) >
Social aspects >
United States.
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Common good >
United States.
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Public interest >
United States.
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Social mobility >
United States.
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Globalization >
Political aspects >
United States.
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United States >
Social conditions >
21st century.