Yascha Mounk on The Identity Trap
The Good Fight
The Social Construct Paradox and Strategic Essentialism
This chapter explores the contradiction between the belief that gender and race are social constructs and the enforcement of traditional norms, as well as the concept of strategic essentialism as a possible solution. It also discusses the skepticism of scholar Spivak towards essentialist claims.
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