Abstract:In the immediate aftermath of the November 2016 election, Mark Lilla argued in the New York Times that to win, the Democratic party would need to replace identity politics with a unifying vision of citizenship. Becoming aware of and celebrating our differences was "a splendid principle of moral pedagogy," Lilla claimed, "but disastrous as a foundation for democratic politics in our ideological age." We need, Lilla argued, "a post-identity liberalism." Education plays a prominent role in Lilla's challenge, as h… Show more
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