Universality and identity politics /

"We live amid countless claims for the importance of identity and an almost equal number of critiques of identity politics. Identity has become the privileged terrain for political struggle in contemporary society. For many on the Left, the turn from class politics to identity politics is somet...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McGowan, Todd (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Political participation > Social aspects.
Identity politics.
Capitalism > Political aspects.
Right and left (Political science)
Participation politique > Aspect social.
Politique identitaire.
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Finding universality
  • Our particular age
  • The importance of being absent
  • Universal villains
  • Capitalism's lack and its discontents
  • This is identity politics
  • This is not identity politics
  • Conclusion : Avoiding the worst.

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