Difference between revisions of "The Rise of the Meritocracy, 1870-2033"
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| − | '''Young, Michael. ''The Rise of the Meritocracy, 1870-2033: The New Elite of Our Social Revolution''.''' London: Thames and Hudson, 1958. NY: Random, 1959. [[Category: Background]] | + | '''Young, Michael. ''The Rise of the Meritocracy, 1870-2033: The New Elite of Our Social Revolution''.''' London: Thames and Hudson, 1958. NY: Random, 1959. [[Category: Background]][[CATEGORY: PLASTIC & GRAPHIC ARTS]] |
A fictional monograph supposedly by a sociologist of the 21st c. putting the British social disturbances of 2033 into the context of the rise of the meritocracy: the new hierarchical system in the UK in which membership in the ruling class is ultimately decided by intelligence (as measured—and, in theory, soon to be predicted—by psychologists). Posits a future world in which competition among nations requires England to become a techno-scientific culture of great efficiency. | A fictional monograph supposedly by a sociologist of the 21st c. putting the British social disturbances of 2033 into the context of the rise of the meritocracy: the new hierarchical system in the UK in which membership in the ruling class is ultimately decided by intelligence (as measured—and, in theory, soon to be predicted—by psychologists). Posits a future world in which competition among nations requires England to become a techno-scientific culture of great efficiency. | ||
See column by "Bagehot," ''The Economist'', print edition, 10 Feb. 2018, on "The merits of revisiting Michael Young"; note well the illustration of a | See column by "Bagehot," ''The Economist'', print edition, 10 Feb. 2018, on "The merits of revisiting Michael Young"; note well the illustration of a | ||
| − | + | "MERITOCRACY" mechanism with a ladder and people-mover belt with small people entering the large machine, where they are sorted and put out on a stairway going upward for "WINNERS" and a drainpipe discarding to the work floor the "LOSERS."[https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21736524-book-published-60-years-ago-predicted-most-tensions-tearing-contemporary-britain] | |
Revision as of 15:09, 20 February 2018
Young, Michael. The Rise of the Meritocracy, 1870-2033: The New Elite of Our Social Revolution. London: Thames and Hudson, 1958. NY: Random, 1959.
A fictional monograph supposedly by a sociologist of the 21st c. putting the British social disturbances of 2033 into the context of the rise of the meritocracy: the new hierarchical system in the UK in which membership in the ruling class is ultimately decided by intelligence (as measured—and, in theory, soon to be predicted—by psychologists). Posits a future world in which competition among nations requires England to become a techno-scientific culture of great efficiency.
See column by "Bagehot," The Economist, print edition, 10 Feb. 2018, on "The merits of revisiting Michael Young"; note well the illustration of a "MERITOCRACY" mechanism with a ladder and people-mover belt with small people entering the large machine, where they are sorted and put out on a stairway going upward for "WINNERS" and a drainpipe discarding to the work floor the "LOSERS."[1]
