The Crisis of Identity in Modern Liberal Societies

In the early twentieth century, liberalism asked people to give up their political, religious and nation identities. The founders of liberalism saw that it was often these points of identity that led to wars and instability. Part of living fulfilling life as a human being is feeling like you have some say in the way the world's unfolding around you. To karl schmidt, the promises of liberalism often rob people of political identity.