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These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if you try". And the consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fuelled populist protest, with the triumph of Brexit and election of Donald Trump.
Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the polarized politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality. Sandel highlights the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imposes on those left behind. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success - more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility, and more hospitable to a politics of the common good.
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##剖析瞭meritocracy的內在邏輯以及它如何導緻瞭美國和世界範圍內日漸興起的民粹主義。不僅對政治經濟這樣的“大問題”頗具啓發，也幫助我反思自己所受的成長和教育環境的影響—那些由“標簽”與“比較”帶來的糾結—以及自身不假思索的精英主義傾嚮。美中不足的是，作者對the tyranny of meritocracy所提齣的實質解決方案相對有限，而且主要集中在精英大學錄取製度的層麵，而沒有觸及如何將其所倡導的公民美德教育普及給更廣泛的社會階層。不過，相信這本書是一個好的開始，希望在未來，不同階級，身份的人都可以驕傲地說，“我們都有光明的前途。”
評分##精英們不因將成功歸結為純個人努力的結果，也無權為“失敗者”決定所謂的“機會平等”和補償，真正的良好社會則在於，培養公民意識，通過廣泛而平等的公共商議，協力尋找並追求無論成功與否都能獲得尊嚴和幸福的共同價值
評分##Strive for "a broad equality of condition that enables those who do not achieve great wealth or prestigious positions to live lives of decency and dignity — developing and exercising their abilities in work that wins social esteem, sharing in a widely diffused culture of learning, and deliberating with their fellow citizens about public affairs."
評分##2.5 Looks like his writing is paid by number of words and his narration number of hours lol. This writing style ugh
評分##2.5 Looks like his writing is paid by number of words and his narration number of hours lol. This writing style ugh
評分##更新：看瞭 Michael Young 1958 年齣版的那本 the rise of meritocracy 後這本書減一星。桑德爾總是不喜歡下結論，或者說他總是得不到最根本的結論，就是我們需要多樣化的標準。｜本來隻是自己有感想覺得meritocracy有問題而打開瞭這本書，沒想到這本書…改變瞭我現在看一切東西的眼光。第一次真的覺得可以理解現在世界上的populist backlash、反精英潮流、反國際貿易的情緒，我感覺可以理解甚至我也有相似的感覺。（雖然還是對Sandel的文風不太喜歡
評分##給我很大衝擊的一本書。之前讀過一些分析民粹主義抬頭的作品，比如福山的”Identity”和Hochschild的《故土的陌生人》，但是感覺這些分析的深度都不夠。桑德爾的分析相比之下透徹很多，尤其在學者普遍左傾的環境下，桑德爾對於左翼的核心觀念做齣瞭相當有說服力的批判。所謂的“進步主義”有不少根本性的誤區：他們誤以為現代社會裏弱勢群體的苦難是物質的匱乏，忘記瞭尊嚴的重要性；他們誤以為教育可以改變命運，結果大學錄取成瞭一場你死我活，最終卻令強者更強的遊戲；他們誤以為專傢治國可以解決社會頑疾，卻忽略瞭溝通在民主生活中的地位……川普終有一天謝幕，但如果精英階層不反思過去40年自己犯下的根本性錯誤，憎恨的惡靈會再次重生。
評分給我帶來非常多思考的一本書，書寫上邏輯嚴謹，層層遞進非常舒服。重設瞭我很多概念的先驗認知並聯係起來，比如meritocracy之於當下的popularism，polarization和demoralization；比如technocracy加上globalization之於美國這四十年來日益加劇的inequality；比如liberal market，american dream之於meritocracy的必然，從而改變social welfare，（經濟學上將近半世紀的著名爭論！）而後又如何導嚮現在盛行的credentialism再進一步強化meritocracy與mobility的日益不可能。我想把它武斷地推薦給每一個人，它不是一部全對的書，但會讓人或社會變得更公正，更可能，我想。
評分##2.5 Looks like his writing is paid by number of words and his narration number of hours lol. This writing style ugh
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