Eric Kaufmann is a political scientist and professor at the University of Buckingham. He writes on culture, demography, identity, and liberalism. He’s the author of Whiteshift, The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America, and Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution, follow Eric on Twitter
We talk about identity politics, liberalism vs authoritarianism, population decline, post-liberal ideology, and how Western societies might navigate demographic and cultural change. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
02:41 – Why demographic change is politically explosive
05:21 – The taboo around discussing majority group decline
08:02 – Why liberal universalism isn’t enough anymore
10:43 – From classical liberalism to post-liberal society
13:24 – The rise of sacralized race and gender categories
16:05 – How the left became institutional
18:46 – Are we in a cultural revolution?
21:27 – The role of elite overproduction
24:08 – Demographic realism vs cultural idealism
26:49 – Immigration and identity management
29:30 – What population decline means for the West
32:11 – The emotional core of cultural anxiety
34:52 – When neutrality becomes a threat to belonging
37:33 – Liberalism, nationalism, and assimilation
40:14 – Why Western countries may resist open borders
42:55 – The future of political polarization
45:36 – Institutional reform vs counter-revolution
48:17 – Final thoughts on hope, fear, and pluralism
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