Universality and Identity Politics

by Todd McGowan

The great political ideas and movements of the modern world were founded on a promise of universal emancipation. But in recent decades, much of the Left has grown suspicious of such aspirations. Critics see the invocation of universality as a form of domination or a way of speaking for others, and have come to favor a politics of particularism--often derided as "identity politics." Others, both centrists and conservatives, associate universalism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231197705
• ISBN13: 9780231197700
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.9"