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The Identity Trap - A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time (Hardcover)
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The Identity Trap - A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time (Hardcover)
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The origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has
quickly become highly influential around the world. For much of
their history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious
and sexual minorities. It is no surprise then that many who
passionately believe in social justice have come to believe that
members of marginalized groups need to take pride in their identity
if they are to resist injustice. But over the past decades, a
healthy appreciation for the culture and heritage of minorities has
transformed into an obsession with group identity in all its forms.
A new ideology - which Yascha Mounk terms the 'identity synthesis'
- seeks to put each citizen's matrix of identities at the heart of
social, cultural and political life. This, he argues, is The
Identity Trap. Mounk traces the intellectual origin of these ideas.
He tells the story of how they were able to win tremendous power
over the past decade. And he makes a nuanced case why their
application to areas from education to public policy is proving to
be deeply counterproductive. In his passionate plea for
universalism and humanism, he argues that the proponents of
identitarian ideas will, though they may be full of good
intentions, make it harder to achieve progress towards genuine
equality.
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