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Author: Alain Deneault Publisher: Between the Lines ISBN: 1771133449 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 200
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There was no Reichstag fire. No storming of the Bastille. No mutiny on the Aurora. Instead, the mediocre have seized power without firing a single shot. They rose to power on the tide of an economy where workers produce assembly-line meals without knowing how to cook at home, give customers instructions over the phone that they themselves don’t understand, or sell books and newspapers that they never read. Canadian intellectual juggernaut Alain Deneault has taken on all kinds of evildoers: mining companies, tax-dodgers, and corporate criminals. Now he takes on the most menacing threat of all: the mediocre.
Author: Alain Deneault Publisher: Between the Lines ISBN: 1771133449 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 200
Book Description
There was no Reichstag fire. No storming of the Bastille. No mutiny on the Aurora. Instead, the mediocre have seized power without firing a single shot. They rose to power on the tide of an economy where workers produce assembly-line meals without knowing how to cook at home, give customers instructions over the phone that they themselves don’t understand, or sell books and newspapers that they never read. Canadian intellectual juggernaut Alain Deneault has taken on all kinds of evildoers: mining companies, tax-dodgers, and corporate criminals. Now he takes on the most menacing threat of all: the mediocre.
Author: Fabian Tassano Publisher: ISBN: 9780953677269 Category : Connotation (Linguistics) Languages : en Pages : 195
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Why does it seem that some areas of culture are dumbing down while others are increasingly incomprehensible? The author argues that both things are symptoms of mediocracy, a new model of society in which content is sacrificed in favour of appearance and ideological correctness.
Author: Dominique Lecourt Publisher: Verso ISBN: 9781859844304 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 266
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Dominique Lecourt argues that a counter-revolution in French intellectual life has seen the period of the master thinkers of the 1960s succeeded by an era of generalized mediocrity. The author discusses how contemporary French ideology is content to legitimize a globally hegemonic neo-liberalism.
Author: Daniel Markovits Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0735222010 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 450
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A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal – that social and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding – reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions. Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we are. It sustains the American dream. But what if, both up and down the social ladder, meritocracy is a sham? Today, meritocracy has become exactly what it was conceived to resist: a mechanism for the concentration and dynastic transmission of wealth and privilege across generations. Upward mobility has become a fantasy, and the embattled middle classes are now more likely to sink into the working poor than to rise into the professional elite. At the same time, meritocracy now ensnares even those who manage to claw their way to the top, requiring rich adults to work with crushing intensity, exploiting their expensive educations in order to extract a return. All this is not the result of deviations or retreats from meritocracy but rather stems directly from meritocracy’s successes. This is the radical argument that Daniel Markovits prosecutes with rare force. Markovits is well placed to expose the sham of meritocracy. Having spent his life at elite universities, he knows from the inside the corrosive system we are trapped within. Markovits also knows that, if we understand that meritocratic inequality produces near-universal harm, we can cure it. When The Meritocracy Trap reveals the inner workings of the meritocratic machine, it also illuminates the first steps outward, towards a new world that might once again afford dignity and prosperity to the American people.
Author: Ijeoma Oluo Publisher: Seal Press ISBN: 9781580059527 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 336
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From the author of the smash hit #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, an "illuminating" (New York Times Book Review) history of white male identity in America What happens to a country that tells generations of white men that they deserve power? What happens when their identity is defined by status over women and people of color? Through the last 150 years of American history, Ijeoma Oluo exposes the devastating consequences of white male supremacy. She then envisions a new white male identity, one free from racism and sexism. Now with a new preface addressing the harrowing 2021 Capitol attack, Mediocre confronts our founding myths, in hopes that we will write better stories for future generations.
Author: Robert M. Chiusano Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781499568868 Category : Success Languages : en Pages : 0
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Author Robert M. Chiusano never considered mediocrity an option, and neither should you! As one who climbed from an entry-level engineering position to become the COO of a Fortune 500 company, Chiusano's personal story will inspire and drive you to reach your full potential. First, he asks you to look in the mirror to improve your self-awareness; only then can you discover who you are and define the path toward reaching your longer-term vision. Then you'll be ready to recognize and adopt the skills and behaviors necessary to enable you to achieve those objectives and become a leader in your field, empowered to take on and conquer every challenge that comes along. Learn to respect and value yourself without bias. Willingly accept ownership for your actions and outcomes. Utilize the power of mentoring, building networks, giving back, and striving to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Most importantly, learn, have fun, and make a difference in everything you do. The energy that comes from the passion you demonstrate will inspire those around you. You will find that opportunities start seeking you out, both personally and professionally-all because, for you, mediocrity is not an option!
Author: Mordecai Roshwald Publisher: Terrace Books ISBN: 0299200639 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 270
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Level 7 is the diary of Officer X-127, who is assigned to stand guard at the "Push Buttons," a machine devised to activate the atomic destruction of the enemy, in the country’s deepest bomb shelter. Four thousand feet underground, Level 7 has been built to withstand the most devastating attack and to be self-sufficient for five hundred years. Selected according to a psychological profile that assures their willingness to destroy all life on Earth, those who are sent down may never return. Originally published in 1959, and with over 400,000 copies sold, this powerful dystopian novel remains a horrific vision of where the nuclear arms race may lead, and is an affirmation of human life and love. Level 7 merits comparison to Huxley’s A Brave New World and Orwell’s 1984 and should be considered a must-read by all science fiction fans.
Author: Frank Lentricchia Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 9780822311447 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 238
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This book was originally published as an issue of South Atlantic Quarterly. Beginning with an introduction by Lentricchia, the volume covers every significant element of DeLillo's art, and describes the social and intellectual context in which DeLillo's writings must be understood. It includes general essays on the novelist's work by Daniel Aaron, Hal Crowther, John A. McClure, and Eugene Goodheart and detailed analyses of individual works by Anthony DeCurtis, Charles Molesworth, Dennis A. Foster, and John Frow. The volume reprints Anthony DeCurtis' insightful interview with DeLillo that originally appeared in Rolling Stone, and includes Chapter 10 of DeLillo's Ratner's Star as an example of the author's wit, verbal pyrotechnics, and thematic concerns. ISBN 0-8223-1135-6: $29.95.
Author: Hazel Henderson Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers ISBN: 1576750272 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 414
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World-renowned futurist Hazel Henderson extends her twenty-five years of work in economics to examine the havoc the current economic system is creating at the global level. Building a Win-Win World examines how jobs, education, health care, human rights, democratic participation, socially responsible business, and environmental protection are all sacrificed to "global competitiveness" and outlines a new economic architecture based on positive, sustainable systems.
Author: Alain Deneault
Author: Alain Deneault
Author: Fabian Tassano
Author: David H. Tribe
Author: Dominique Lecourt
Author: Daniel Markovits
Author: Ijeoma Oluo
Author: Robert M. Chiusano
Author: Mordecai Roshwald
Author: Frank Lentricchia
Author: Hazel Henderson