The identity trap a story of ideas and power in our time
"One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and social justice that is rapidly transforming America--and explains why it will fail to accomplish its noble goals. For much of history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious, and sexual mino...
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Penguin Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The lure and the trap
- gPart I. The origins of the identity synthesis. Postwar Paris and the trial of truth ; The end of empire and the embrace of "strategic essentialism" ; The rejection of the civil rights movement and the rise of critical race theory ; The identity synthesis
- Part II. The victory of the identity synthesis. The identity synthesis goes mainstream ; The short march through the institutions ; Dissent discouraged
- Part III. The flaws of the identity synthesis. How to understand each other ; The joys of mutual influence ; Speak freely ; The case for integration ; The path to equality ; On structural racism, gender, and meritocracy
- Part IV. In defense of universalism. A response to the identity synthesis ; A brief case for the liberal alternative
- Conclusion: How to escape the identity trap
- Appendix: Why the identity synthesis isn't Marxist.
