Fukuyama: A New American 'Identity' Could Be Antidote To Polarizing U.S. Politics
Resentment and a loss of dignity has fueled a rise in identity politics and made compromise difficult, political scientist Francis Fukuyama says. He proposes a way out of that impasse in his new book.
The phrase "identity politics" has come to be used as a political insult. It's now shorthand for pandering to voters according to demographics.
But political scientist Francis Fukuyama says that everyone is playing at identity politics now — that nationalism, radical Islam and other movements are fueled by people wrestling with identity in an economic world
