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Trauma drama: The trouble with competitive victimhood 创伤剧:竞争性受害者身份带来的麻烦

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Theory and Research in Education Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/14778785221143741

Robert S. Taylor

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Book review: Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson, Can College Level the Playing Field? Higher Education in an Unequal Society 书评:桑迪·鲍姆和迈克尔·麦克弗森，《大学能公平竞争吗?》不平等社会中的高等教育

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Theory and Research in Education Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/14778785221142981

Christopher Martin

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If this is indoctrination, we are all indoctrinated 如果这是教化，我们都被教化了

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Theory and Research in Education Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/14778785221143770

L. Armstrong

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Is it time for a new meritocracy? 是时候建立新的精英政治了吗?

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Theory and Research in Education Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/14778785221113619

Veronika Tašner, Slavko Gaber

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Power, populism, and a policy of grace: Moral perspectives in The Tyranny of Merit and Cut Loose 权力、民粹主义和优雅的政策:《功绩暴政》和《摆脱束缚》中的道德视角

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Theory and Research in Education Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/14778785221109067

V. Chen, T. B. Bland

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The tyranny of meritocracy and elite higher education 精英统治和精英高等教育的暴政

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Theory and Research in Education Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/14778785221113990

Harry Brighouse

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How do intellectual virtues promote good thinking and knowing? 智力美德如何促进良好的思维和认识？

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Theory and Research in Education Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/14778785221113985

Eranda Jayawickreme, W. Fleeson

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Merit and ressentiment: How to tackle the tyranny of merit 功德与怨恨:如何应对功德专制

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Theory and Research in Education Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/14778785221106837

J. Mijs

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Book review: D.N. Rodowick, An Education in Judgment: Hannah Arendt and the Humanities 书评:D.N. Rodowick，《判断的教育:汉娜·阿伦特与人文》

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Theory and Research in Education Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/14778785221113206

Laurens Maarten van Esch

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‘Do your own research!’ Misinformation, ignorance, and social media “自己做研究吧！”虚假信息、无知和社交媒体

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Theory and Research in Education Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/14778785221113620

Henry Lara-Steidel

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