The Rise of the Meritocracy

The Emergence of the Meritocracy Category

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/29533821e020

Keywords:

fiction, meritocracy, education, inequality, political speech

Abstract

The text takes up the novel The Rise of the Meritocracy, written by Michael Young and published in 1958, in order to think about the category «meritocracy» and the notion of merit, both in fiction and today. From this plane, the analysis provides concepts linked to aristocratic matrices, hegemonic powers and representations that allow us to reflect on political discourses and legitimations built from common sense.

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Published

2023-04-14