GTI-This important book by Francis Fukuyama was written in 2014. It describes in general the nature of human identity, the important aspects of its emergence and its relationship to the landscape that shapes human identity sociologically and politically.

The author of the New York Times bestseller The Origins of Political Order offers a way of looking at modern identity politics: its origins, its impacts, and its importance for domestic and foreign issues.

Fukuyama puts forward the premise that the demand for recognition of one's identity is the main concept that unites many things that happen in world politics today. A universal recognition that is the basis of liberal democracy is increasingly challenged by narrower forms of recognition based on nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, or gender. Giving rise to the phenomenon of anti-immigrant populism, manipulated Islam, and white nationalism.

This recognition of human identity is driven and rooted in economic motives, at the same time becoming a weak point for the development of democracy.

This book is important for loyal supporters of liberal democracy, evaluators of universal human dignity that is full of unexpected challenges, such as various uncontrolled conflicts.