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Progressive Anonymity

From Identity Politics to Evidence-Based Government

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Progressive Anonymity

From Identity Politics to Evidence-Based Government

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Naomi Zack critiques identity politics and argues that both political and social identities should not enter democratic government. She proposes evidence-based government by anonymous stakeholders, without preference for group affiliation or political charisma. Central to this book is the theme that government should have an enduring goal of minimizing misery. Toward that goal, the imperfections of evidence, matched by the imperfections of democracy, need to be accepted in commitments to piecemeal public policies that benefit and include oppressors as well as the oppressed. This strategy preserves the social compact idea that government exists for the benefit of all those governed. Zack’s original work will be useful to both scholars and students interested in studies of race, political philosophy, social philosophy, and cultural criticism.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Chapter Overview
1. Political Diagnoses Post World War II and the Need for Identity Politics
2. From Society to Government: Problems with Identity Politics
3. Universalism or Force: Inclusion or Domination
4. White Supremacy, white supremacy, and Status: The Racism of Race
5. Evidence-based Government
6. Problems with Evidence
Conclusion
Postscript

Product details

Published Nov 24 2020
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 212
ISBN 9781538136034
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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