Relevant to the recent discussion here about meritocracy (The dystopian roots of the concept of "Meritocracy")
I recently came across a review of this book
Head Hand Heart: The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century
But that review was behind a paywall, so here’s another review.
The basic premise is not dissimilar to Michael Sandel’s, and goes directly to your comment above: That the non-intellectual who are the Hearts and Hands have had enough of society’s denigration of Hands and Hearts and lauding of the Heads.
