"Even though identity is a big subject these days, the role of
identity in democratic politics has received far too little
critical attention. It tends to get either indiscriminate praise as
a route to self-realization and to group justice, or derogatory
dismissal as a vehicle of prejudice and partiality, or radical
neglect as a poor relation of group interest. Amy Gutmann's book
provides a splendid scrutiny of this rich and diverse terrain,
ending with a coherent and integrated understanding of the role of
identity groups in democratic politics. We have reasons to be
grateful."--Amartya Sen, Trinity College, 1998 Nobel Laureate in
Economics
"For anyone who believes that identity politics is just identity
politics, this timely book will be a revelation. Comprehensive and
full of brilliant insight, it remains always accessible as it puts
identity politics through its philosophical paces, revealing along
the way its indispensability to all politics, to 'civic equality,
liberty, and opportunity'--to democracy itself."--Claude Steele,
Stanford University
"Amy Gutmann has an unusual--and extremely valuable--ability to
take large, contentious subjects and discuss them calmly, lucidly,
and imaginatively. The politics of identity and culture easily
arouse violent passions even in academia, but this book shows that
it is possible to argue toughly and to reach firm conclusions
without once resorting to name-calling. I doubt that even one of
her readers will agree with all of Gutmann's conclusions--but they
will all have to take account of the wealth of empirical evidence
and stringent reasoning in this book."--Alan Ryan, Oxford
University
"Like all of Gutmann's work, this book is verywell written,
clear, convincing, and most of all a pleasure to read. It will
become a must for those interested in democracy and human rights as
well as in identity group politics and the status of minorities,
and will therefore draw the attention of large audiences."--Yael
Tamir, Tel-Aviv University, author of "Liberal Nationalism"
""Identity in Democracy" is marked by all of the scholarly
virtues to which Amy Gutmann has accustomed her readers. It is a
sensible and humane work by a theorist who has no particular
theoretical axe to grind, aside from the laudable concern to spell
out principles that will allow individuals and liberal democratic
societies to benefit optimally from associational life while
avoiding some of its seamier aspects."--Daniel Weinstock,
University of Montreal
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