The backlash comes with its own popular history of identity politics’ origins. A recent version of this popular history is articulated by Yascha Mounk in his new book, The Identity Trap.In a ...

You want to define identity politics in as neutral a way as possible, so that you’re not seen to be building your criticisms of it into the definition.

Here’s my definition: Identity politics is when you take a personal characteristic of an individual — gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, etc. — and construct a ...

A Personal Perspective: When division takes the dangerous form of identity politics and “victim narratives,” our beliefs not only get in the way of thinking clearly, but they also get in the ...

It's my favorite identity, in fact, whose new book, "The Identity Trap," explores the origins, consequences, and limitations of the contentious idea of identity politics.

Across the political spectrum, Americans fight to define national culture. Identity – including race, sexual orientation, gender – have become lightning rod subjects of hundreds of bills in ...