Philosophy Bites · Edmonds and Warburton
Yascha Mounk on the Identity Trap
March 14, 2024·31 min·2 clips
Yascha Mounk reveals how the identity trap lures activists with radical promises but undermines universal justice.
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A clear, unsentimental argument about identity, cultural borrowing, and the point where principle turns into policing.
Yascha Mounk's argument is that identities can shift from sources of meaning into something closer to an obsession, and that race, gender, and sexual orientation have gained outsized force in mainstream institutions.
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For a calm take on identity politics, cultural grievance, and speech norms.
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