The tyranny of merit : what's become of the common good? / Michael J. Sandel.

By:

Sandel, Michael J [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Allen Lane, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 272 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780241407608 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

306.0973 SAN 23 016192

Contents:

Introduction : getting in -- Winners and losers -- "Great because good" : a brief moral history of merit -- The rhetoric of rising -- Credentialism : the last acceptable prejudice -- Success ethics -- The sorting machine -- Recognizing work -- Conclusion.

Summary: "A world-famous political philosopher, and the bestselling author of Justice, reveals the driving force behind the resurgence of populism: the tyranny of the meritocracy and the resentments it produces"--

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	306.0973 SAN 016192 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		016192

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A world-famous political philosopher, and the bestselling author of Justice, reveals the driving force behind the resurgence of populism: the tyranny of the meritocracy and the resentments it produces"--

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