Description: 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.
Brief description:
James Cairns is Associate Professor, Social and Environmental Justice, at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford. He is the author (with Alan Sears) of A Good Book, In Theory: Making Sense Through Inquiry (2015) and The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century (2012).
Review Quotes: Cairns immediately grabs the reader, challenging prominent assumptions about the concept of entitlement and how it applies to millennials. [He presents] a counter-narrative that needs to become the new common sense.
...an excellent dissection of the plight of millennials that refutes slurs about their 'entitlement, ' proposing instead a new sense of the word--that we deserve a society that guarantees a decent, secure life for everyone.
A deeply necessary intervention into the debate about the millennial generation. James Cairns explodes 'the myth of the age of entitlement' and urges engagement with the demands of today's young radicals. Our futures may all depend on it.
In this highly readable, bold study of disentitled millennials, Cairns provides a rare blend of savvy cultural analysis and rigorous research methods to explore fundamental questions about what we owe to each other and the meanings of human freedom.