I realize that I am unclear, from reading your review, does Haider think: (a) that class is a better organizing tool for building political power, (b) that class is a better way of (accurately) understanding the world, or (c) both?
I see various people making the first argument (for example, I remember Richard Kahlenberg mentioning the id…
I realize that I am unclear, from reading your review, does Haider think: (a) that class is a better organizing tool for building political power, (b) that class is a better way of (accurately) understanding the world, or (c) both?
I see various people making the first argument (for example, I remember Richard Kahlenberg mentioning the idea in his first book, and he appears to have built a career on it), and that's an easier argument to make because it is narrower.
I think both are _sometimes_ right, but I am also inclined to believe that the burden of proof should be on the person making the argument, "in this case we can more effectively proceed by moving considerations of race to the background."
I realize that I am unclear, from reading your review, does Haider think: (a) that class is a better organizing tool for building political power, (b) that class is a better way of (accurately) understanding the world, or (c) both?
I see various people making the first argument (for example, I remember Richard Kahlenberg mentioning the idea in his first book, and he appears to have built a career on it), and that's an easier argument to make because it is narrower.
I think it's both? I think both are wrong, fwiw.
I think both are _sometimes_ right, but I am also inclined to believe that the burden of proof should be on the person making the argument, "in this case we can more effectively proceed by moving considerations of race to the background."