Further Discussion on the Political Meritocracy:The Return and Reconstruction of the Narrative of"Meritocracy"
On the basis of clarifying the multiple meanings and historical narratives of"meritocracy",it is necessary to re-identify the discourse of modernity in the traditional political meritocracy,and to construct a modern narrative of the political meritocracy.Based on the three meta-discourses of"powerful""wealthy"and"ethical",the traditional political meritocracy derives six main narrative principles,namely,conflict,punishment,sacrifice,management,edification and recruitment,and follows a certain logic of occurrence and the relationship between master and subordinate,the combination of these six principles has shaped the political form of meritocracy with different characteristics.The discourse field of modern political meritocracy should return from the discourse of power relations to the discourse of ethical relations,and reconstruct the horizontal narrative of ethical relations with modernity from the vertical narrative of traditional ethical relations.Based on the prudent consideration of family,state,international,human-nature,human-machine relations,etc.,political meritocracy can provide positive discourse support for China's international image,and will also provide more possibilities for the development of human civilization.
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