A Leftist Critique of the Principles of Identity, Diversity, and Multiculturalism Anderson-Connolly Richard
A Leftist Critique of the Principles of Identity, Diversity, and Multiculturalism Anderson-Connolly Richard Identity politics is a lightning rod in American society. Both sides are wrong. To both its…
Specifikacia A Leftist Critique of the Principles of Identity, Diversity, and Multiculturalism Anderson-Connolly Richard
A Leftist Critique of the Principles of Identity, Diversity, and Multiculturalism Anderson-Connolly Richard
Identity politics is a lightning rod in American society. Both sides are wrong. To both its progressive supporters and conservative critics, it is seen as defining the agenda of the Left.
Instead it enables the neoliberal political economy that has caused historic levels of inequality and triggered repression and mass incarceration to deal with the social wreckage. Identity politics is not a leftist project. Identity politics is a form of biological essentialism, impeding morality built upon universal humanism and politics built upon solidarity.
Unlike the conservative assaults, this book avoids the trivial and silly pronouncements of identity politics (a term generally avoided in the work as loaded and pejorative). It challenges the following key principles of the Identity, Diversity, and Multiculturalism Program: Diversity as Justice--the most important struggle for justice today is