The Identity Trap

For much of their history, societies have oppressed ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. Many who passionately believe in social justice have come to believe that members of marginalized groups need to take pride in their identity if they are to resist injustice. But over the past decades, a healthy appreciation for the culture and heritage of minorities has transformed into an obsession with group identity. From one of the leading experts on the crisis of liberal democracy the rise of populism.