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The New York Times bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order offers a provocative examination of modern identity politics: its origins, its effects, and what it means for domestic and international affairs of state
In 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was progressively captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, his predictions were borne out by the rise to power of a series of political outsiders whose economic nationalism and authoritarian tendencies threatened to destabilize the entire international order. These populist nationalists seek direct charismatic connection to “the people,” who are usually defined in narrow identity terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole.
Demand for recognition of one’s identity is a master concept that unifies much of what is going on in world politics today. The universal recognition on which liberal democracy is based has been increasingly challenged by narrower forms of recognition based on nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, or gender, which have resulted in anti-immigrant populism, the upsurge of politicized Islam, the fractious “identity liberalism” of college campuses, and the emergence of white nationalism. Populist nationalism, said to be rooted in economic motivation, actually springs from the demand for recognition and therefore cannot simply be satisfied by economic means. The demand for identity cannot be transcended; we must begin to shape identity in a way that supports rather than undermines democracy.
Identity is an urgent and necessary book―a sharp warning that unless we forge a universal understanding of human dignity, we will doom ourselves to continuing conflict.
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##为探讨身份政治(Identity Politics)，福山梳理从柏拉图 、卢梭、康德、黑格尔、尼采等（思想史），梳理西方社会的历史沿袭（社会史）。福山对identity做了灵魂-心理分析和政治学双重意义上阐释性定义，身份政治是黑格尔意义上人类历史驱动的产物，在西方完成民主化之后因为贫富分化、移民、难民等问题产生的新社会运动。身份政治有两个层面，一者是个体层面为获得尊严（dignity）而争取外部社会对其真实自我的认同，反对社会压制，一者是群体层面（如民族、同性恋、性少数）为获得群体性承认的运动。除了学理分析，福山对2010s的全球政治保持高度关注，其个人视野的政治描述和分析，能够帮助分析当下的国际社会新状况，在书末开出的“药方”(针对中国、欧盟等)可做进一步探讨
评分##能用阶级矛盾解释的问题 披上身份的外皮
评分##fukuyama 近作。以dignity/ identity 的角度出发讨论了世界最近发生的问题- 左翼力量的下降/女权运动/伊斯兰极端主义/民粹民族主义/individualism等等。广却不深。可以作为知识积累的一本书，通俗好读，案例丰富 ，可以安利做闲暇阅读。
评分##一度在好像有点道理和皱眉之间横跳，更多的时候就纯粹是一种索然无味 也许是政治学的stroke对读惯了更nuanced的人类学的taste来说有点太粗了 言必从gj，可行性层面谈论问题，感觉在听西方zf内部辩论 读完这个想去读点graeber缓缓，可行不一定可行，但it feels right. ---------------（分割线） 看完reversing roe滚回来加星🤦♀️ 残酷的世道面前有什么理想主义可言 dystopia里面讨论什么utopia 每个人都能有块遮羞布地活下去就不错了
评分##A good introductory read on identity politics. “the demand for dignity and the politics of resentment”
评分##用这个逻辑是不是也能justify，democracy是某锅中产或受高等教育liberal寻求thymos的工具，过度挑战nationalism话语对底层群众不利？
评分##囫囵吞枣，一知半解地读过。身份政治、尊严等概念可以应用到管孩子上，孩子并不会因为你给了他吃喝，好的生活条件，他就会感激归顺于你，他有自己的身份认同尊严，管孩子要考虑他内部外部自我，否则光生气责骂完全不管用。
评分##为探讨身份政治(Identity Politics)，福山梳理从柏拉图 、卢梭、康德、黑格尔、尼采等（思想史），梳理西方社会的历史沿袭（社会史）。福山对identity做了灵魂-心理分析和政治学双重意义上阐释性定义，身份政治是黑格尔意义上人类历史驱动的产物，在西方完成民主化之后因为贫富分化、移民、难民等问题产生的新社会运动。身份政治有两个层面，一者是个体层面为获得尊严（dignity）而争取外部社会对其真实自我的认同，反对社会压制，一者是群体层面（如民族、同性恋、性少数）为获得群体性承认的运动。除了学理分析，福山对2010s的全球政治保持高度关注，其个人视野的政治描述和分析，能够帮助分析当下的国际社会新状况，在书末开出的“药方”(针对中国、欧盟等)可做进一步探讨
评分##前四分之三很精彩，把哲学、社会学、心理学等等统一到了Identity的框架下来解释历史如何一步步走到当下。最后提出解决方案的时候却有点力不从心，顶层设计的理想大过社会现实与人性弱点。全球化和互联网是人类从未面对过的挑战，只能hope for the best, prepare for the worst了。
