Identitygroup politics Gutmann shows is not aberrant but inescapable indemocracies because identity groups represent who people are not only whatthey want and ... » 

Identitygroup politics Gutmann shows is not aberrant but inescapable indemocracies because identity groups represent who people are not only whatthey want and who people are shapes what they demand from democraticpolitics. Rather than trying to abolish identity politics Gutmann calls uponus to distinguish between those demands of identity groups that aid and thosethat impede justice. Her book does justice to identity groups whilerecognizing that they cannot be counted upon to do likewise to others. Clearengaging and forcefully argued Amy Gutmanns Identity in Democracy providesthe fractious world of multicultural and identitygroup scholarship with aunifying work that will sustain it for years to come. «