Liberal democracies protect our freedom to express our identities. But Alfred Moore argues that the rigidity and entrenchment of ‘identity wars’ reminds us of another vital aspect of democracy: the freedom from expressing our identity. Creating distance from the self can promote fluidity and dynamism, and help to overcome polarisation
Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York
Alfred has written widely on the politics of expertise.
His work engages a broad range of themes in contemporary democratic theory, including anonymity and deliberation, and democratic non-participation.
In 2020–21 he held a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for the project Rethinking Political Competition, and he is currently researching the role of ideas of competition in democratic theory and practice.
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