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#266 - The Identity Trap: A Dialogue with Yascha Mounk
#266 - The Identity Trap: A Dialogue with Yascha Mounk
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Length:
85 minutes
Released:
Oct 2, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Yascha Mounk about the cultural wars and how identity has become central for society today. They discuss his motivations for writing the book and his perspective on identity and cultural issues. They talk about the lure of the identity trap, the history of the identity synthesis from Foucault, to Said, to Spivack, to Bell, to Crenshaw, and the links between these figures. They discuss the impact of social media, institutional capture, how to engage with identity issues, and many more topics.Yascha Mounk is a writer and academic. He has a Bachelors in history from Trinity College, Cambridge and PhD in government from Harvard University. He is a Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, where he holds appointments in both the School of Advanced International Studies and the SNF Agora Institute. He is also a Contributing Editor at The Atlantic, and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the Founder of Persuasion, the host of The Good Fight podcast, and serves as a publisher (Herausgeber) at Die Zeit. He is the author of five books, including the most recent book, The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time. Website: https://www.yaschamounk.com/Substack: Podcast: The Good FightTwitter: @yascha_mounk Get full access to Converging Dialogues at convergingdialogues.substack.com/subscribe
Released:
Oct 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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