능력주의에 대한 비판 서사로서 이언 맥큐언의 『토요일』 읽기
Reading Ian McEwan’s Saturday as a Critical Narrative on Meritocracy
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This paper examines the limitations and problems of meritocracy in a neoliberal modern world in Ian McEwan’s Saturday. Meritocracy is one of the prevalent social and cultural discourse of our time. It promises that anyone can get ahead and earn rewards by her or his individual talent and effort. Embracing neoliberalism, meritocracy encourages individual competition reducing welfare programs and social safety nets. The competitive self-interest damages communal values and solidity, and meritocratic ideal generates arrogance to the winners, and humiliation to the losers. Meritocracy no longer operates as promised. Social mobility has weakened, wealthy people have more opportunities for success, and new inequality has emerged in the neoliberal meritocratic society. Saturday contributes to explorations of the limitations and problems of meritocracy by representing Henry Perowne and his family, and his one day experiences in London, including his encountering with Baxter in particular. Saturday shows that in order to overcome the problems of meritocratic society, it is imperative to need community solidarity and re-check the social safety net and welfare system for community members.
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This paper examines the limitations and problems of meritocracy in a neoliberal modern world in Ian McEwan’s Saturday. Meritocracy is one of the prevalent social and cultural discourse of our time. It promises that anyone can get ahead and earn rewards by her or his individual talent and effort. Embracing neoliberalism, meritocracy encourages individual competition reducing welfare programs and social safety nets. The competitive self-interest damages communal values and solidity, and meritocratic ideal generates arrogance to the winners, and humiliation to the losers. Meritocracy no longer operates as promised. Social mobility has weakened, wealthy people have more opportunities for success, and new inequality has emerged in the neoliberal meritocratic society. Saturday contributes to explorations of the limitations and problems of meritocracy by representing Henry Perowne and his family, and his one day experiences in London, including his encountering with Baxter in particular. Saturday shows that in order to overcome the problems of meritocratic society, it is imperative to need community solidarity and re-check the social safety net and welfare system for community members.
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