Francis Fukuyama Is Wrong (Again) About Identity Politics
A review of Identity by Francis Fukuyama.by Rich SmithFrancis Fukuyama, a recovering neocon who made a lot of bad arguments in The End of History and the Last Man, is finally right about one thing: Democracy as practiced in the United States and across the globe is on the decline. In his latest book, Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment, the Stanford political scientist is right to say that the world appears to be lurching toward fascism, but he's wrong about why that'
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