Derrick Darby is Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He discovered his passion for philosophy growing up in the Queensbridge public housing projects in NYC. For the backstory, see his TEDx talk, "Doing the Knowledge." He writes about rights, race, inequality, and democracy. He has been profiled in The Atlantic and published in The New York Times and other outlets. His most recent book is A Realistic Blacktopia: Why We Must Unite to Fight. For more information, go to derrickdarby.com.Eduardo J. Martinez is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. His research is in democratic theory and focuses on institutions and practices such as administrative agencies, civic education, representation, and political partisanship.

• Introduction Part I How Do We Get Boxed In? Chapter 1: Boxed In Chapter 2: Identity Trouble Part II What Do We Need to Break Free? Chapter 3: How Identity Works Chapter 4: Collective Self-Authorship Processes Part III How Do We Break Free? Chapter 5: Micropolitics Chapter 6: Macropolitics Conclusion

Darby and Martinez have achieved an impressive feat in Boxed In. They offer a lucid diagnosis of the underlying philosophical problem of pathological identity politics: the failure to recognize the dynamism of our identities. ..This is a work of importance to social and political philosophers, as well as philosophers of race, gender, and sexuality, concerned with questions of democratic theory, social change, and political agency.

Derrick Darby is Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He discovered his passion for philosophy growing up in the Queensbridge public housing projects in NYC. For the backstory, see his TEDx talk, "Doing the Knowledge." He writes about rights, race, inequality, and democracy. He has been profiled in The Atlantic and published in The New York Times and other outlets. His most recent book is A Realistic Blacktopia: Why We Must Unite to Fight. For more information, go to derrickdarby.com.Eduardo J. Martinez is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. His research is in democratic theory and focuses on institutions and practices such as administrative agencies, civic education, representation, and political partisanship.

• Introduction Part I How Do We Get Boxed In? Chapter 1: Boxed In Chapter 2: Identity Trouble Part II What Do We Need to Break Free? Chapter 3: How Identity Works Chapter 4: Collective Self-Authorship Processes Part III How Do We Break Free? Chapter 5: Micropolitics Chapter 6: Macropolitics Conclusion

Darby and Martinez have achieved an impressive feat in Boxed In. They offer a lucid diagnosis of the underlying philosophical problem of pathological identity politics: the failure to recognize the dynamism of our identities. ..This is a work of importance to social and political philosophers, as well as philosophers of race, gender, and sexuality, concerned with questions of democratic theory, social change, and political agency.

Derrick Darby is Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He discovered his passion for philosophy growing up in the Queensbridge public housing projects in NYC. For the backstory, see his TEDx talk, "Doing the Knowledge." He writes about rights, race, inequality, and democracy. He has been profiled in The Atlantic and published in The New York Times and other outlets. His most recent book is A Realistic Blacktopia: Why We Must Unite to Fight. For more information, go to derrickdarby.com.Eduardo J. Martinez is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. His research is in democratic theory and focuses on institutions and practices such as administrative agencies, civic education, representation, and political partisanship.

• Introduction Part I How Do We Get Boxed In? Chapter 1: Boxed In Chapter 2: Identity Trouble Part II What Do We Need to Break Free? Chapter 3: How Identity Works Chapter 4: Collective Self-Authorship Processes Part III How Do We Break Free? Chapter 5: Micropolitics Chapter 6: Macropolitics Conclusion

Darby and Martinez have achieved an impressive feat in Boxed In. They offer a lucid diagnosis of the underlying philosophical problem of pathological identity politics: the failure to recognize the dynamism of our identities. ..This is a work of importance to social and political philosophers, as well as philosophers of race, gender, and sexuality, concerned with questions of democratic theory, social change, and political agency.