The Treachery of the Elites

ISBN-13: 9783631858455 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 220 str.

Barbara Klich-Kluczewska; Georg Schmid

Opis

The achievements of Western democracies (equality, rule of law, social justice) are met with growing disdain. A hierarchical system, largely derived from the nation-state model, pits the (scorned) elites against the (disdained) people. Social give and take does not happen anymore, the situation is being made worse by social media.

Spis treści

The achievements of Western democracies (equality, rule of law, social justice) are met with growing disdain. The option of comparing different systems and trying to improve them is not practised any more. The elites (social, political, economic, intellectual) are met with scorn and hate by the common people who are treated with disdain and contempt - social give and take does not happen anymore, the situation is made worse by the social media.

O autorze

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.