The Great Experiment

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It's easy to be pessimistic about the fate of democracy in multiethnic societies. The Right has long been the source of scepticism about the idea of power-sharing and equality, while the Left, traditionally the source of universal humanist ideals, has grown more pessimistic about the ability of different groups to truly integrate, celebrating their differences without essentialising them. It's a difficult issue, and for good reason. The project of multiethnic democracies is very new in historical terms. It is a great experiment. The history of humankind is a story of us versus them. And yet, as Yascha Mounk argues, group identity is both deeply rooted and quite malleable. In a work spanning time and geography, he looks across the world to groups changing footing from conflict to cooperation, indicating that no community is beyond all hope of conciliation and unity. It's tempting to argue that all we can do is retreat and argue our respective corners, but that way lies disaster. There is a legitimate form of patriotism we can all embrace - and we must, for the failure of this great experiment in democracy is simply not an option. Told with expertise, wisdom and empathy, The Great Experiment offers both a profound understanding of the problem behind all our other problems of collective action, and genuine hope for our human capacity to solve it.