ISBN:
1609380517
,
9781609380519
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 259 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Liu, Catherine American idyll
DDC:
305.5/52097309045
Keywords:
Intellectuals
;
Education, Higher
;
Elite (Social sciences)
;
EDUCATION ; Higher
;
Education, Higher
;
Elite (Social sciences)
;
Intellectuals
;
Social conditions
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Social Classes
;
United States Social conditions 20th century
;
United States
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Introduction: populist idylls, cultural politics -- The problem with the meritocracy -- Ordinary Americans, average students -- The curious cult of religious practicality -- Against all experts: no experience necessary -- The new age of cultural studies: crisis in the PMC -- Conclusion.
Abstract:
℗¡A trenchant critique of failure and opportunism across the political spectrum, American Idyll argues that social mobility, once a revered hallmark of American society, has ebbed, as higher education has become a mechanistic process for efficient sorting that has more to do with class formation than anything else. Academic freedom and aesthetic education are reserved for high-scoring, privileged students and vocational education is the only option for economically marginal ones. Throughout most of American history, antielitist sentiment was reserved for attacks against an entrenched aristocracy
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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