Assembly Project

  • Is identity problematic? The Identity Trap by Yascha Mounk, review and analysis

    Is identity problematic? The Identity Trap by Yascha Mounk, review and analysis

    In the Western world and especially the United States, the political left has a problem. It is increasingly seen as a champion of the identity politics of discriminated groups to the exclusion of others, sometimes rightly and often wrongly. Yascha Mounk had previously written books such as The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is…

  • Rawls to the Rescue? Free and Equal by Daniel Chandler, review and analysis

    Rawls to the Rescue? Free and Equal by Daniel Chandler, review and analysis

    There are two types of people – those who haven’t read John Rawls and those who are politics graduates. The Harvard professor revolutionised political philosophy with his book A Theory of Justice (1971), yet is rarely discussed in the world of politics. In his book Free and Equal (2023), Daniel Chandler, a political advisor turned…

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