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The tyranny of merit : what's become of the common good? / Michael J. Sandel.
Loaned to Another Library HN90.P57 S36 2020
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sandel, Michael J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polarization (Social sciences)--United States.
- Polarization (Social sciences).
- Populism--United States.
- Populism.
- Merit (Ethics).
- Social aspects.
- United States.
- Merit (Ethics)--Social aspects--United States.
- Public interest--United States.
- Public interest.
- Social mobility--United States.
- Social mobility.
- Globalization--Political aspects--United States.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Political aspects.
- United States--Social conditions--21st century.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Instructional and educational works.
- Creative nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Winners And Losers
- 2. "Great Because Good": A Brief Moral History Of Merit
- 3. The Rhetoric Of Rising
- 4. Credentialism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice
- 5. Success Ethics
- 6. The Sorting Machine
- 7. Recognizing Work.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780374289980
- 0374289980
- OCLC:
- 1151517070
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