Progressive Anonymity - From Identity Politics to Evidence-Based Government

Continuing her visionary work in social-political philosophy, Zack critiques identity politics as perpetuating damaging essentialist perspectives and policies. The antidote to identity group egoism is anonymity based on relevant shared interests and a meritocracy led by experts chosen without preference for group affiliation or political charisma.

List of contents

Introduction and Chapter Overview
1. Political Diagnoses Post World War II and the Need for Identity Politics
2. From Society to Government: Problems with Identity Politics
3. Universalism or Force: Inclusion or Domination
4. White Supremacy, white supremacy, and Status: The Racism of Race
5. Evidence-based Government
6. Problems with Evidence
Conclusion
Postscript

About the author

Naomi Zack is a professor of philosophy at the University of Oregon. She is author of White Privilege and Black Rights: The Injustice of U.S. Police Racial Profiling and Homicide (R&L 2015), The Ethics and Mores of Race: Equality after the History of Philosophy (R&L 2011), Ethics for Disaster (R&L 2009), and Philosophy of Science and Race (Routledge 2002).

Product details

• Authors: Naomi Zack, Zack Naomi
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781538136034
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3603-4
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Social & political philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations