The aims of this review are to outline the main points of the text and to illustrate the agreeable and disagreeable principles in the opinion of this writer. It is clear from the onset of the text that a strong conservative perspective is at play. Freedom is illustrated as inherited and can only truly exist in a free country governed by politics and institutions; a traditional society. Edmund Burke described this freedom as actions based on already existing mannerisms as opposed to preference, O’Hara K (2011) However, as individuals begin to dispose of this inherited identity in favour of a new identity, the already existing freedom- which is associated not with individualism but with community- feels threatened. This individualist freedom, or identity politics, is available …show more content…
I agree that our freedom has been derived from the society in which we live, as there are laws in place to ensure this, however, I do not believe that one freedom threatens the other, unless in extreme cases which I have outlined further below. The text further develops this point by depicting non-conformers as deniers of freedom who force their beliefs on others, disallowing them the chance to refute. An example is given involving a campaign to stop Germaine Greer from speaking at a university due to her stance on trans-genderism. This example is used to convey an apparent hypocrisy of identity politics; meaning that the very individuals who fought to have their voices heard use their voices to silence