Identity Politics: Where Did It All Go Wrong? Pilgrim David
Identity Politics: Where Did It All Go Wrong? Pilgrim David Identity politics have taken a strong hold on modern society, in particular online on social media platforms. Have they changed the world…
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Identity Politics: Where Did It All Go Wrong? Pilgrim David
Identity politics have taken a strong hold on modern society, in particular online on social media platforms. Have they changed the world for the better, and to what extent? But to what extent have they contributed to human flourishing?
The good, that they shine light on topics that may previously have been neglected. David Pilgrim explores identity politics as a 'curate's egg': good and bad in parts. The bad, their tendency towards absolutism and premature certainties.
The world is nuanced and contradictory, and our awareness of it is highly partial. Identity politics are an inadequate response to that complexity and mystery of life. They take away the need to give free expression to all views, including those we may not only disagree with but might also find offensive.
Pilgrim re-establishes a realist objection to strong social constructivist arguments within social science about