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MERLIT explores meritocratic narratives in literature, examining how these narratives shape cultural perceptions of success and value. The project aims to analyze historical and contemporary texts to understand the implications of meritocracy across different contexts and cultures.
MERLIT is the first systematic, diachronic and comparative investigation of meritocratic narratives in literature.
Meritocratic thinking manifests itself in powerful narratives across the globe, from the constitutionally embedded “pursuit of happiness” to neoliberal narratives of self-enhancement. MERLIT investigates forms of these narratives, which are embraced for their seemingly empowering and universalist appeal, but also criticised for their enmeshment with structures of domination and priv…
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL
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