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Mounk, Yascha, 1982-
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Identity politics -- United States.
Identity (Psychology) -- United States.
Identity (Psychology)
Social justice -- United States.
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Mounk, Yascha, 1982-
Identity politics -- United States.
Identity (Psychology) -- United States.
Identity (Psychology)
Social justice -- United States.
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The
identity
trap
: a
story
of
ideas
and
power
in
our
time
/ Yascha Mounk.
by
Mounk, Yascha, 1982-
Penguin Press, 2023.
Call #:
305 M928i
Subjects
Identity
politics -- United States.
Identity
(Psychology) -- United States.
Identity
(Psychology)
Social justice -- United States.
ISBN:
9780593493182 (hc)
Description:
401 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"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 minorities. It is no surprise that many who passionately believe in social justice came to believe that members of marginalized groups need to take pride in their
identity
to resist injustice. But over the past decades, a healthy appreciation for the culture and heritage of minority groups has transformed into a counterproductive obsession with group
identity
in all its forms. A new ideology aiming to place each person's matrix of identities at the center of social, cultural, and political life has quickly become highly influential. It stifles discourse, vilifies mutual influence as cultural appropriation, denies that members of different groups can truly understand one another, and insists that the way governments treat their citizens should depend on the color of their skin. This, Yascha Mounk argues, is the
identity
trap
. Though those who battle for these
ideas
are full of good intentions, they will ultimately make it harder to achieve progress toward the genuine equality we desperately need. Mounk has built his acclaimed scholarly career on being one of the first to warn of the risks right-wing populists pose to American democracy. But, he shows, those on the left and center who are stuck in the
identity
trap
are now inadvertent allies to the MAGA movement. In The
Identity
Trap
, Mounk provides the most ambitious and comprehensive account to date of the origins, consequences, and limitations of so-called 'wokeness.' He is the first to show how postmodernism, postcolonialism, and critical race theory forged the '
identity
synthesis' that conquered many college campuses by 2010. He lays out how a relatively marginal set of
ideas
came to gain tremendous influence in business, media, and government by 2020. He makes a nuanced philosophical case for why the application of these
ideas
to areas from education to public policy is proving to be so deeply counterproductive -- and why universal, humanist values can best serve the vital goal of true equality. In explaining the huge political and cultural transformations of the past decade, The
Identity
Trap
provides truth and clarity where they are needed most."--Publisher.
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