The Treachery of the Elites
Georg Schmid author Jan Hartman editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Peter Lang AG
Published:22nd Oct '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
ISBN: 9783631858455
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 359g
220 pages
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