{"description":"Barack Obama\u2019s \u2018favourite political thinker\u2019 joins us to discuss the origins, consequences and limitations of what he terms \u2018identity synthesis\u2019.\nIn The Identity Trap, Yascha Mounk argues that what started as an appreciation of the culture and heritage of minorities marginalised by society, has transformed into an obsession with group identity in all its forms, putting it at the heart of social, cultural and political life.\nTracing the intellectual origin of these ideas, the John Hopkins professor and The Great Experiment author seeks to understand the impact of the ideas that rightly or wrongly constitute \u2018identity politics\u2019, in conversation with The\u00a0Jewish Chronicle editor, Jake Wallis Simons.","height":720,"html":"<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://skiv.com/embed/ST6qZRo\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"fullscreen\" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>","provider_name":"Skiv","provider_url":"https://skiv.com","thumbnail_height":198,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.skiv.com/u/MkG8VMM/99a274aa7af86eb426836dc8202d124f819aa42e56f14b31a341e9f1a13ba1cc/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg","thumbnail_width":352,"title":"Yascha Mounk - The Identity Trap","type":"video","url":"https://skiv.com/v/ST6qZRo","version":"1.0","width":1280}