Identity Politics - Left and Right

In the book, Holtug considers and assesses specific identity policies, including affirmative action for African Americans, opposition to cultural appropriation and out-group representation in art, as well as forms of 'cancel culture' such as no platforming and pulling down statues of morally compromised historical figures.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Identity Politics: A Primer


• 3: Liberalism and Identity Politics: Friends or Foes?


• 4: Race, Racism, and Affirmative Action


• 5: The N-Word, Blackfacing, Cultural Appropriation, and Out-Group Representation in Art


• 6: Freedom of Speech, Academic Freedom, and Cancel Culture


• 7: No Platforming and Pulling Down Statues


• 8: White Supremacism, White Identity Politics, and Nationalism


• 9: Does Identity Politics Drive Down Social Solidarity?

About the author

Nils Holtug is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. He has published extensively on egalitarianism, prioritarianism, migration, social cohesion, and population ethics. His books include The Politics of Social Cohesion. Immigration, Community, and Justice (Oxford University Press 2021), Persons, Interests, and Justice (Oxford University Press 2010), and Egalitarianism: New Essays on the Nature and Value of Equality (co-edited with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen; Clarendon Press 2006).

Summary

In the book, Holtug considers and assesses specific identity policies, including affirmative action for African Americans, opposition to cultural appropriation and out-group representation in art, as well as forms of 'cancel culture' such as no platforming and pulling down statues of morally compromised historical figures.

Product details

• Authors: Nils Holtug, Nils (University of Copenhagen) Holtug, Holtug Nils
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2025
• EAN: 9780198954521
• ISBN: 978-0-19-895452-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Political Correctness, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Popular philosophy, Political science and theory, Social attitudes