{"product_id":"elite-capture-how-the-powerful-took-over-identity-politics-and-everything-else-paperback","title":"Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Identity politics\" is everywhere, polarizing discourse from the campaign trail to the classroom and amplifying antagonisms in the media, both online and off.\u003c\/b\u003e But the compulsively referenced phrase bears little resemblance to the concept as first introduced by the radical Black feminist Combahee River Collective. While the Collective articulated a political viewpoint grounded in their own position as Black lesbians with the explicit aim of building solidarity across lines of difference, identity politics is now frequently weaponized as a means of closing ranks around ever-narrower conceptions of group interests. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the trouble, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò deftly argues, is not with identity politics itself. Through a substantive engagement with the global Black radical tradition and a critical understanding of racial capitalism, Táíwò identifies the process by which a radical concept can be stripped of its political substance and liberatory potential by becoming the victim of elite capture--deployed by political, social, and economic elites in the service of their own interests.\u003cbr\u003eTáíwò's crucial intervention both elucidates this complex process and helps us move beyond a binary of \"class\" vs. \"race.\" By rejecting elitist identity politics in favor of a constructive politics of radical solidarity, he advances the possibility of organizing across our differences in the urgent struggle for a better world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of California Los Angeles. He has published in academic journals ranging from \u003cem\u003ePublic Affairs Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOne Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Papers\u003c\/em\u003e, and the American Philosophical Association newsletter \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy and the Black Experience\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTáíwò's theoretical work draws liberally from the Black radical tradition, anti-colonial thought, German transcendental philosophy, contemporary philosophy of language, contemporary social science, and histories of activism and activist thinkers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis public philosophy, including articles exploring intersections of climate justice and colonialism, has been featured in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDissent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAl Jazeera\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAeon\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is the author of the book \u003cem\u003eReconsidering Reparations\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Oxford University Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.4 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756847522125,"sku":"9781642596885","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/bnZGVytJeU1BZUUrNjJCcmsrb3RBQT09.webp?v=1776754580","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/elite-capture-how-the-powerful-took-over-identity-politics-and-everything-else-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}