The Identity Trap
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The origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has quickly become highly influential around the world.
For much of their history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. It is no surprise then that many who passionately believe in social justice have…
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2 authors picked The Identity Trap as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Mounk’s book is not about mental health per se, but I found that he provided a clear, compassionate framework for understanding the current obsession with identity politics – which, in my experience, relates to our current mental health crisis.
Prioritizing race, gender, and other aspects of identity means that we focus less on universal aspects of the human experience. As a therapist, I know that understanding our suffering from a universal perspective brings healing and transformation. We lose so much when we lose this.
Mounk’s book helped clarify my thinking about identity politics, and I didn’t find it narrow or…
In the United States today it often seems like our discourse around race and gender is hopelessly polarized. Either you believe that racism is just as bad as it was in the 1950s, or you believe that we live in a completely post-racial society in which racism and intolerance are things of the past.
What is most refreshing about The Identity Trap is its deliberate and successful effort to break out of this binary. In the book, Political Scientist Yascha Mounk explains how he believes the modern political left has mistakenly remade itself around an ideology that positions racial identity…
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