The crisis of liberal democracy is hardly news today: the imminent death of this most preferred form of government has been announced so often that it no longer makes any impression. Yet over the past 20 years, organisations monitoring freedom and democracy around the world have reported a trend of steady deterioration in the quality of democracy globally. In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, this trend has accelerated further. Various hypotheses have been proposed as to what went wrong and why we have come to this point.
The theme of the lecture was prompted by an intriguing explanation for the causes of this crisis: meritocracy is to blame! How can meritocracy - the inspiring promise that many analysts believe has led to unprecedented economic and human development - be at the root of the current crisis? This lecture will examine this hypothesis, analyze the most influential criticisms of meritocracy, and offer an answer to the question of whether it is actually to blame for the crisis of liberal democracy today.
You can view the lecture here (in Bulgarian)
The theme of the lecture was prompted by an intriguing explanation for the causes of this crisis: meritocracy is to blame! How can meritocracy - the inspiring promise that many analysts believe has led to unprecedented economic and human development - be at the root of the current crisis? This lecture will examine this hypothesis, analyze the most influential criticisms of meritocracy, and offer an answer to the question of whether it is actually to blame for the crisis of liberal democracy today.
You can view the lecture here (in Bulgarian)