Mark Lilla: "The End Of Identity Liberalism"

This [small PDF to avoid NYT paywall] is, IMO, extremely reasonable and important. Maybe I read it when it was big...don't remember.

It seems a bit too mild and conciliatory to me...which means it's probably about right.

Of course I don't think identity politics is best characterized as a version of liberalism--but obviously it can be. And, as I've said, my terminological preference has more than a whiff of no-true-Scotsmanning about it. 

It's worth reflecting on the unsurprising fact that Lilla was vilified for this piece. As they say, if you're taking flak, you're over the target...