The Myth of the Age of Entitlement: Millennials, Austerity, and Hope

The Myth of the Age of Entitlement: Millennials, Austerity, and Hope
ISBN-10
1442636408
ISBN-13
9781442636408
Category
Social Science
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
2017-07-28
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Author
James Cairns

Description

We are said to be living in the age of entitlement. Scholars and pundits declare that millennials expect special treatment, do whatever they feel like, and think they deserve to have things handed to them. In The Myth of the Age of Entitlement, Cairns peels back the layers of the entitlement myth, exposing its faults and arguing that the majority of millennials are actually disentitled, facing bleak economic prospects and potential ecological disaster. Providing insights from millennials rarely profiled in the mainstream media, Cairns redefines entitlement as a fundamental concept for realizing economic and environmental justice.

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