Identity Politics: The Great Divider?
with
Dr. Yascha Mounk
Political Scientist and Author
Coming in the New Year (Date TBD), 5:30 - 7:00 pm ET
In-person, UES
Dinner to follow (Executive Members & above only)
Dr. Yascha Mounk will join The Common Good for a thought-provoking and important session on identity and how it has been used and misused in political culture, resulting in greater division rather than solving entrenched problems such as racism or sexual identity. He will discuss why and how the application of these ideas to areas from education to public policy is proving to be so deeply counterproductive—and why universal, humanist values can best serve the vital goal of true equality.
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About our Speaker
Dr. Yascha Mounk is an acclaimed writer and influential academic known for his work on the crisis of democracy and the defense of philosophically liberal values.
Born in Germany to Polish parents, Yascha received his BA in History from Trinity College Cambridge and his PhD in Government from Harvard University. He is a Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, where he holds appointments in both the School of Advanced International Studies and the SNF Agora Institute. Yascha is also a Contributing Editor at The Atlantic, a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Moynihan Public Fellow at City College. He is the Founder of Persuasion, the host of The Good Fight podcast, and serves as a publisher (Herausgeber) at Die Zeit.
Dr. Mounk has written five widely accredited books with his most recent being, “The Identity Trap - A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time” which tells the story of how a new set of ideas about race, gender and sexual orientation came to be extremely influential in mainstream institutions, and why it would be a mistake to give up on a more universalist humanism. Dr. Mounk will be joining us to delve deeper into this assessment of identity and the role and impact it has on our nation today
Next to his work for The Atlantic, Dr. Mounk also occasionally writes for newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs. He is also a regular contributor to major international publications including Die Zeit, La Repubblica, El País, l'Express and Folha de São Paolo, among others.
“The most comprehensive and reasonable story of this shift that has yet been attempted” - The Washington Post
“Among the most insightful and important books of written in the last decade on democracy and its torments” - Jonathan Haidt
“This book is brave, bold, erudite, and rich in detail.” —Fiona Hill, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
