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The Treachery of the Elites

Georg Schmid author Jan Hartman editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:22nd Oct '21

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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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