Universality and Identity Politics / / 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 h...
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION Finding Universality
- 1 OUR PARTICULAR AGE
- 2 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABSENT
- 3 UNIVERSAL VILLAINS
- 4 CAPITALISM’S LACK AND ITS DISCONTENTS
- 5 THIS IS IDENTITY POLITICS
- 6 THIS IS NOT IDENTITY POLITICS
- CONCLUSION Avoiding the Worst
- NOTES
- INDEX