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(0)David Goodhart
Author
Language
English
Description
A provocative argument from leading British political analyst David Goodhart about the imbalanced distribution of status in Western societies-far too much reward and prestige has been allocated to the Head (cognitive ability), while the Hand (manual-technical abilities), and the Heart (caring and emotional abilities) have been marginalized.
Much has been said about the causes of discontent in today's western societies-from economic inequality, to...
Author
Publisher
Hurst & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
viii, 278 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Greater economic and cultural openness in the West has not benefited all of our citizens. Among those who have been left behind, a populist politics of culture and identity has successfully challenged the traditional politics of Left and Right, creating a new division: between the mobile 'achieved' identity of the people from Anywhere, and the marginalised, roots-based identity of the people from Somewhere. This schism accounts for the Brexit vote,...
