The Identity Myth
Why We Need to Embrace Our Differences to Beat Inequality
$23.01
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
30 August 2022
Summary
We are in crisis.
As a society we have never been less connected.
The internet and globalisation fuel ignorance and anger, while the disconnect between people’s reality and perceived identities has never been greater.
Karl Marx outlined the idea of a material ‘base’ and politico-cultural ‘superstructure’. According to this formula, a material reality - wealth, income, occupation - determined your politics, leisure habits, tastes, and how you made sense of the world. To…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349135366 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349135363 |
| Author: | David Swift |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 30 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 552g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 158mm x 34mm |
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Critics Review
Swift persuasively argues that economic and technological trends have amplified the obsession with identity… [He] makes a convincing argument
Swift persuasively argues that economic and technological trends have amplified the obsession with identity… [He] makes a convincing argument * The Times *
Swift makes a compelling case against the preoccupation with different identities of minorities, especially on the left, as he does in favour of greater focus on what unites rather than divides people in diverse societies like ours. And he offers numerous, convincing illustrations of how internally diverse in outlook, values and interest are those of the same class, colour, gender and age-group. * Jewish Chronicle *
A fun and clever book * Spiked *
About The Author
David Swift
David Swift is a historian and author born in Liverpool in 1987. He has written for a variety of publications including the New Statesmen, Spectator, The Times, Independent, Tribune Magazine, Jewish Chronicle and many others. He is a regular contributor to UnHerd, and has appeared on Times Radio, BBC radio and BBC North West Tonight, discussing local history and identities. Scouse Republic is his third book.
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