Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition. By Francis Fukuyama. London, UK: Profile Books, 2019, pp. 218, ISBN: 978-1-78125-981-8.

Abstract

Famous for his declaration on the end of history after free-market liberal
economy triumphed over communism at the end of the Cold War, Francis
Fukuyama is back to elucidate on the recent rise of identity politics in
the second decade of the twenty-first century. Starting with the vote by
the British electorate to leave the European Union, we have seen the
rise of more populist leaders such as Donald Trump, Viktor Orban, and
Geert Wilders using the rhetoric of identity to rile up voters. While there
is a growing body of literature on the subject, what Fukuyama does best
is explaining a complex phenomenon in a simple yet elegant prose to
make his arguments digestible to a wider audience and thus, helping
him make a case on the danger of ignoring identity politics and its roots.