The short march through the institutions, with Yascha Mounk

from Fire at Will · host Will Kingston

Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations.Sometimes it feels like the tidal wave of ‘wokeness’ (or identity politics) washed over the western world almost overnight. It has captured more or less every societal institution in a remarkably short period of time.However, the intellectual roots of the movement can be traced back over fifty years. The best analysis on how it has achieved such incredible influence comes from the German-American political scientist, Yascha Mounk. Will and Yascha discuss his latest book, ‘The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time’.Follow Australiana on social media here.Subscribe to The Spectator Australia here.

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Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations. Sometimes it feels like the tidal wave of 'wokeness' (or identity politics) washed over the western world almost overnight. It has captured more or less every societal institution in a remarkably short period of time. However, the intellectual roots of the movement can be traced back over fifty years. The best analysis on how it has achieved such incredible influence comes from the German-American political scientist, Yascha Mounk. Will and Yascha discuss his latest book, 'The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time'. Follow Australiana on social media here. [https://linktr.ee/AustralianaPod] Subscribe to The Spectator Australia here. [https://www.spectator.com.au/join/]

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