American literary theorist who co-authored Against Theory and has since developed a critique of identity politics — arguing that diversity ideology serves to disguise economic inequality.
Against Theory: meaning is intention; theory is unnecessary. The Trouble with Diversity: contemporary American diversity politics focuses on race and culture while ignoring economic inequality — a politics that serves elite interests by deflecting from class.
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