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The Treachery of the Elites

The Treachery of the Elites

Schmid, Georg
Hartman, Jan

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Philosophy, History of Ideas and Modern Societies, Book 22

Ancient GreeceEastern European HistoryFrench History

ISBN10: 3631858450
ISBN13: 9783631858455
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Published: Oct 22 2021
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book gives explanations for the growing gap in wealth and income and the rise of anti-democratic movements. The power of the elites today is supposedly founded on merit (education, intelligence etc.), but a closer look shows that a well-marked-out pool is just self-re-producing. The power these in-groups wield often leads to moral insensibility, made worse by a condescending attitude towards people further down the food chain. The pre-dominance of the model of the nation-state, with its centralism and top-down structure, is one of the roots of this problem, as is the lack of comparisons and value judgements; examples from transport and urbanism show that they are possible. The deplorable situation is made worse by the anti-social-media scuppering open and productive discussions.

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