„He is the first to show how postmodernism, postcolonialism, and critical race theory forged the identity synthesis that conquered many college campuses by 2010. He lays out how a relatively marginal set of ideas came to gain tremendous influence in business, media, and government by 2020. He makes a nuanced philosophical case for why the application of these ideas to areas from education to public policy is proving to be so deeply counterproductive.“ – cfr.org
„A comprehensive and reasonable account of ,woke’ ideology“
„Nevertheless, Mounk has told the story of the Great Awokening better than any other writer who has attempted to make sense of it. The word synthesis applies even more readily to the sheer number and variety of sources he draws on and dynamics he describes than it does to his subject matter. The flaw, if it even is one, of The Identity Trap is simply that there are other stories one might tell about these ideas and this period of time. They will have to wait for chroniclers as able as Mounk.“ – washingtonpost.com
