The Treachery of the Elites
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 u…
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- ISBN: 978-3-631-85845-5
- EAN: 9783631858455
- Produktnummer: 37831369
- Verlag: Peter Lang
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 220 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.7 cm 403 g
- Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 403
Über den Autor
Georg Schmid was Professor of Modern History at the University of Salzburg; he also taught at Kansas University, University of Western Illinois, Paris VIII; his areas of research include modern and contemporary history, transport and urbanistics, semiology, and film.
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