Identity: The demand for dignity and the politics of resentment
Francis Fukuyama
In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to people around the world about their identity - national, racial, gender, religious. This global trend, according to Francis Fukuyama, author of the bestselling book The End of History and the Last Man, is a decisive factor for the effective operation of the social mechanism, whether in the countries of the East, Southeast Asia, the United States or Scandinavia. In his new book, Fukuyama explores the origins of our striving for dignity and examines the impact of identity politics on the liberal world order in the era of populism. The task that Fukuyama sets himself is to prove that the rights of the individual, which are the basis of the liberal idea, can not only lead to individualistic fragmentation of societies, but also create the basis for social consolidation.
