David Ingram is professor of philosophy at Loyola University, Chicago.

In this major new work of political theory, David Ingram successfully melds the utopian impulse to go beyond the constraints of the current global system with a pragmatic framework that pursues the most effective strategies available in the here and now. I especially liked his sympathetic treatment of identity politics, which has suffered specious attacks from the so-called 'left.' Ingram's version of left politics is one I can feel a part of as a Latina.

• Part 1 Introduction: New Critical Theory: Taking Rights, Democracy, and Identity Politics SeriouslyChapter 2 Human Rights and Differends: The Fragmentation of Reason and Identity in the (Post)modern AgePart 3 I IdentityChapter 4 White Man's Burden? Ethnicity and Race in the Era of Identity PoliticsChapter 5 Identity Politics and Law: Reflections on DisabilityPart 6 II Deliberative DemocracyChapter 7 Democracy and Racial Identity: Reconsidering RepresentationChapter 8 Democracy and the Rule of Law: Differends and Crises in Post-Liberal CapitalismPart 9 III RightsChapter 10 Toward a Pragmatist and Perfectionist Theory of RightsChapter 11 Human Rights and International JusticePart 12 Concluding Remarks: Achieving Global Harmony Through Transformative Dialogue

David Ingram is professor of philosophy at Loyola University, Chicago.

In this major new work of political theory, David Ingram successfully melds the utopian impulse to go beyond the constraints of the current global system with a pragmatic framework that pursues the most effective strategies available in the here and now. I especially liked his sympathetic treatment of identity politics, which has suffered specious attacks from the so-called 'left.' Ingram's version of left politics is one I can feel a part of as a Latina.

• Part 1 Introduction: New Critical Theory: Taking Rights, Democracy, and Identity Politics SeriouslyChapter 2 Human Rights and Differends: The Fragmentation of Reason and Identity in the (Post)modern AgePart 3 I IdentityChapter 4 White Man's Burden? Ethnicity and Race in the Era of Identity PoliticsChapter 5 Identity Politics and Law: Reflections on DisabilityPart 6 II Deliberative DemocracyChapter 7 Democracy and Racial Identity: Reconsidering RepresentationChapter 8 Democracy and the Rule of Law: Differends and Crises in Post-Liberal CapitalismPart 9 III RightsChapter 10 Toward a Pragmatist and Perfectionist Theory of RightsChapter 11 Human Rights and International JusticePart 12 Concluding Remarks: Achieving Global Harmony Through Transformative Dialogue

David Ingram is professor of philosophy at Loyola University, Chicago.

In this major new work of political theory, David Ingram successfully melds the utopian impulse to go beyond the constraints of the current global system with a pragmatic framework that pursues the most effective strategies available in the here and now. I especially liked his sympathetic treatment of identity politics, which has suffered specious attacks from the so-called 'left.' Ingram's version of left politics is one I can feel a part of as a Latina.

• Part 1 Introduction: New Critical Theory: Taking Rights, Democracy, and Identity Politics SeriouslyChapter 2 Human Rights and Differends: The Fragmentation of Reason and Identity in the (Post)modern AgePart 3 I IdentityChapter 4 White Man's Burden? Ethnicity and Race in the Era of Identity PoliticsChapter 5 Identity Politics and Law: Reflections on DisabilityPart 6 II Deliberative DemocracyChapter 7 Democracy and Racial Identity: Reconsidering RepresentationChapter 8 Democracy and the Rule of Law: Differends and Crises in Post-Liberal CapitalismPart 9 III RightsChapter 10 Toward a Pragmatist and Perfectionist Theory of RightsChapter 11 Human Rights and International JusticePart 12 Concluding Remarks: Achieving Global Harmony Through Transformative Dialogue