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This week’s guest is indeed one of the brightest: Francis Fukuyama, the writer, thinker and teacher. You may remember him from his book 'The End of History' , where he proclaimed the triumph of liberal democracy as something of a societal finish line. Well, he does NOT think that anymore. What changed his mind? The election of Donald Trump, among others.
In his most recent book: 'Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment', Fukuyama argues that populist nationalism is not motivated by economics, as it was through the second half of the 20 century. Populist nationalism is motivated by an innate need for...dignity. That sounds like a given, but Francis Fukuyama says this is being exploited. Democracy is being undermined as the old world order is swept away and demagogues rise country by country as they preach identity politics based on religion, ethnicity and gender.
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This week’s guest is indeed one of the brightest: Francis Fukuyama, the writer, thinker and teacher. You may remember him from his book 'The End of History' , where he proclaimed the triumph of liberal democracy as something of a societal finish line. Well, he does NOT think that anymore. What changed his mind? The election of Donald Trump, among others.
In his most recent book: 'Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment', Fukuyama argues that populist nationalism is not motivated by economics, as it was through the second half of the 20 century. Populist nationalism is motivated by an innate need for...dignity. That sounds like a given, but Francis Fukuyama says this is being exploited. Democracy is being undermined as the old world order is swept away and demagogues rise country by country as they preach identity politics based on religion, ethnicity and gender.
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