The Treachery of the Elites

By:

Georg Schmid

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Hardback

Series:

Studies in Philosophy, History of Ideas and Modern Societies

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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.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date NZ

October 22nd, 2021

Author

Georg Schmid

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Series edited by Jan Hartman

Edition

New edition

Pages

220

Series

Studies in Philosophy, History of Ideas and Modern Societies

ISBN-13

9783631858455

Product ID

35216495

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