Episode 6 · 2020-02-21 · 53:05 · Original in Finnish
Identity Politics – Antti Ronkainen | Neuvottelija 6
Originally published as “Identiteettipolitiikka | Antti Ronkainen | Neuvottelija 6”
Doctoral researcher Antti Ronkainen unpacks the mechanics of identity politics as the megatrend of political influence: why Boris Johnson won with a single identity while Corbyn's Labour leaked in every direction, how Fukuyama's thymos and the white worker explain Trump's rise, what Krastev and Piketty reveal about imitation and the left's gentrification, and why identity politics is a 'cage of democracy.' Featuring the Overton window, the 'Frankfurt School' myth, Bloomberg's micro-targeting, and the crisis of Finland's and Kokoomus's center-right.
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Summary
Doctoral researcher Antti Ronkainen unpacks the mechanics of identity politics as the megatrend of political influence: why Boris Johnson won with a single identity while Corbyn’s Labour leaked in every direction, how Fukuyama’s thymos and the white worker explain Trump’s rise, what Krastev and Piketty reveal about imitation and the left’s gentrification, and why identity politics is a ‘cage of democracy.’ Featuring the Overton window, the ‘Frankfurt School’ myth, Bloomberg’s micro-targeting, and the crisis of Finland’s and Kokoomus’s center-right.
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The recording lives on the Neuvottelija channel: Identiteettipolitiikka | Antti Ronkainen | Neuvottelija 6. A Finnish edition of this episode is published at www.neuvottelija.fi.
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Guests: Antti Ronkainen
Topics: Free Speech & Society