Francis Fukuyama: Identity politics is undermining democracy

Francis Fukuyama is a political scientist at Stanford University. His latest book is “Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment,” which came out in September. He recently spoke with The WorldPost’s editor in chief, Nathan Gardels.

• Nathan Gardels
• The Washington Post

WorldPost: Across Western democracies, the social cohesion that was once the foundation of political consensus has severely fragmented, giving way to a cultural and ideological diversity so robust that it thwarts a…

That, in turn, leads to a search for identity in ever more fragmented tribes, whether it’s Black Lives Matter, the…

• Francis Fukuyama: Identity…