The primal scream of identity politics Mary Eberstadt, The Weekly Standard Thursday, November 2, 2017 Identity politics is not so much politics as a primal scream. It’s the result of what might be called the Great Scattering—the Western world’s unprecedented familial dispersion. © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.
Identity politics is not so much politics as a primal scream. It’s the result of what might be called the Great Scattering—the Western world’s unprecedented familial dispersion.
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The primal scream of identity politics
Mary Eberstadt, The Weekly Standard
Thursday, November 2, 2017