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One of the world's leading philosophers on how we can restore social solidarity and overcome our rancorous politics

About the Author

Michael J. Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University. His books What Money Can't Buy- The Moral Limits of Markets, and Justice- What's the Right Thing to Do? were international best sellers and have been translated into 27 languages. Sandel's legendary course 'Justice' was the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on television and has been viewed by tens of millions of people. His BBC series 'The Global Philosopher' explores the philosophical ideas lying behind the headlines with participants from around the world.

Sandel has been a visiting professor at the Sorbonne, delivered the Tanner Lectures on Human Values at Oxford, the Reith Lectures for the BBC, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His lecture tours have taken him across five continents and packed such venues as St. Paul's Cathedral (London), the Sydney Opera House (Australia), and an outdoor stadium in Seoul (S. Korea), where 14,000 people came to hear him speak.

Reviews

Sandel is the most important and influential living philosopher.
*Times Literary Supplement*

The Tyranny of Merit is original, lively and no mere critique: unlike many others who have written on the "sorting" of society into winners and losers, Sandel produces a persuasive argument about the kind of community we should seek ... The Tyranny of Merit is an important work, and makes a profound point that our leaders would do well to understand.
*Daily Telegraph*

Engaging and timely... an insightful critique of where our societies went wrong... that will help us to heal our divided societies
*Sunday Times*

He is good at dismantling the cheap language of recent politics... compelling, too, in diagnosing the growing use of discriminatory language
*Evening Standard*

Credentialism is the last acceptable prejudice... blends fact, analysis and opinion in eminently readable non-fiction
*Financial Times*

well-argued, clear, and nicely timed to appeal to the growing disillusionment with meritocracy.
*New Statesman*

"rich in moral exhortation - the kind that does your soul good"
*Polly Toynbee*