Merit and "Ressentiment": How to Tackle the Tyranny of Merit

Autor/in	Mijs, Jonathan J. B.
Titel	Merit and "Ressentiment": How to Tackle the Tyranny of Merit
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Education, 20 (2022) 2, S.173-181 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1477-8785
DOI	10.1177/14778785221106837
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Equal Education; Social Bias; Social Systems; Ability; Talent; Social Justice; Selective Admission + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social system; Soziales System; Fähigkeit; Fertigkeit; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Bildungsselektion
Abstract	My contribution to this special issue engages with Michael Sandel's "The Tyranny of Meritocracy" and its significance to the academic conversation about meritocracy and its discontents. Specifically, I highlight Sandel's diagnosis of the rise of populism and his proposed remedy for the 'tyranny of merit'. First, building on Menno ter Braak's writings on the rise of fascism, I explore the sources of "ressentiment" in contemporary societies as stemming not from disillusionment with meritocracy but from the broken promise of liberalism and democracy more generally. Second, I consider Sandel's proposals to reform elite university admissions and to 'recognize work', explore their wider applicability, and reflect on their limitations to meaningfully change how success and failure is socially experienced and morally understood. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01