Host Patrick Coffin sits down with Professor Eric Kaufmann, a leading expert on demographics and politics, to explore the sometimes sudden shifts in global population trends and their implications for religion, culture, and society.
The conversation delves into the role of religion in shaping demographics, examining how fertility rates and religious adherence intersect and cause each other. They also discuss the influence of contraception on population growth and societal values. A key focus of the conversation is the origins and meaning of “woke” ideology. Professor Kaufmann traces its roots to postmodern thought and explains how it became a dominant cultural force in the West, and how it has been weakened by real life.
Together, these Canadian born ex-pats analyze the impact of this ideology on identity politics and public discourse, raising critical questions about the future of free speech in academic settings. This thought-provoking conversation provides listeners with a deep understanding of today’s most pressing social and political issues.
Topics covered in this episode:
How Kaufman became interested in the Catholic-Protestant conflict in Northern Ireland The role of religious faith in shaping culture and political norms
The slow decline of the Anglo-American establishment in world affairs How the Malthusian population bomb scare tactics have been proven wrong overtime
The phenomena of first world empire nations such as England, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal are now facing demographic winter—and an massive influx of illegal migration from colonized countries The best definition of woke
How Whiteness emerged as a category of the mind and a political tool
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Eric’s new book, The Third Awokening: A 12-Point Plan for Rolling Back Progressive Extremism https://amzn.to/403NG7u (entitled Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution in the UK and rest of the world).
Eric’s 15-week open online course at the University of Buckingham on Woke: the Origins and Dynamics of an Elite Ideology https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/… which anyone can sign up for at low cost.
Eric’s new countercultural Centre for Heterodox Social Science https://www.heterodoxcentre.com/ at the university.
Eric Kaufmann’s website: www.sneps.net
Twitter @epkaufm
