Nationalism and the Culture Wars podcast
149 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsProfessor of Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London. This podcast focuses on nationalism, ethnicity and religion, and their interaction with immigration and population change. Also issues of academic freedom and left-modernism.
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McDonald Centre EK1 Trim
December 18, 2019 09:56 - 20 minutes - 134 MBMcDonald Centre EK1 Trim by Eric Kaufmann
Populist or Politically Correct
December 17, 2019 18:53 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBOn Podspace podcast, "Populist or Politically Correct," Oslo, Norway, Dec 5. Host is Anders Imenes. For more, see: https://pod.space/skravleklassen/populist-eller-politisk-korrekt
National Populism, from Faith Angle Forum, Cap Ferrat, France
November 28, 2019 17:19 - 2 hours - 141 MBAre we living in a populist moment, or a larger national-populist restructuring of liberal Western democratic order? This session offers a survey of national-populist elements on both sides of the Atlantic in recent years, from the 2016 election of President Trump and the UK’s Brexit debate, to the recent run of elections in Hungary, Poland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, France, and Austria. How do we properly weigh the influence of racism, concern about self-preservation, and anti-Muslim im...
Interview on SKY News on No-Platforming incident and new report into Academic Freedom
November 22, 2019 15:14 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MBEric Kaufmann discusses Academic Freedom in response to the no-platforming of feminist speaker Rachel Ara and a new Policy Exchange report into academic freedom https://policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Academic-freedom-in-the-UK.pdf.
Whiteshift: Arendt Center Bard College Discussion
October 24, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBFrom The Origins of Totalitarianism to The Crises in Little Rock Arendt’s thinking on race is controversial and has often led many to quickly dismiss her thoughts on race and antisemitism entirely. The Hannah Arendt Center’s 12th annual conference on “Racism and Antisemitism” will explore these oft shunned concepts in Arendt’s work in the context of our contemporary political moment which is marked by antisemitic and racist violence. Our conference will consider the following questions: • ...
Culture Wars: Multiculturalism and the Future of White Identity
September 16, 2019 14:56 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBRiley Institute at Furman University Straight Talk 2019, session 2. Culture Wars: Multiculturalism and the Future of White Identity People who identify strongly with their whiteness can feel threatened by shifting majorities. Should conservatives be able to express a sense of loss without being labeled as racists? How is demographic change transforming Western politics? How should we think about the future of white majorities and the future of minorities? “Majority Ethnicity, the Cultural ...
Bhtv - 2019 - 08 - 21 - Wright - Kaufmann
September 15, 2019 12:48 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBRobert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Eric Kaufmann (Whiteshift, Birkbeck College, University of London) Eric’s new book on populism and immigration, Whiteshift 0:12 Why it’s counterproductive to call Trump supporters racist 8:12 Eric’s vision of an American ethnic nationalism 13:12 Bob: Ideally, shouldn’t we get past ethnicity? 23:21 Will mixed-race children of the future identify as white? 30:18 Debating whether a purely civic nation...
Theories of Polarization: Kevin Delaplante Summary
September 11, 2019 20:21 - 1 hour - 79 MBOn this episode of the Argument Ninja podcast I talk about the difficulty of judging how much we really understand about the causes of complex social phenomena—even if we do lots of research and self-study. To help make the case I’m continuing my survey of different theories of the causes of the increase in social polarization that we’re currently experiencing. On this episode I look specifically at the work of two social scientists who have written extensively on this topic: Karen Stenner...
Interview on Federalist Radio Hour
September 11, 2019 18:13 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MBEric Kaufmann?a professor of politics at Birkbeck College, University of London?examines White identity politics and the response of many white people in the West to the increasing racial diversity of their countries. Domenech and Kaufmann discuss the effects of immigration, religion, and transgender issues in relation to ethnic change in North American and Western Europe. Kaufmann's new book is "Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities."
Towards a Responsible Post-Brexit Immigration System
September 11, 2019 18:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBOn Thursday 22nd of August the Henry Jackson Society was pleased to welcome Professor Eric Kaufmann, author of Whiteshift and Professor of Politics at Birckbeck College, University of London, to lead a discussion on the UK’s future immigration system in the post-Brexit context. While it is widely understood that immigration concerns fed into the Leave vote, it remains unclear what our immigration system will look like after the UK finally leaves the European Union, and what changes are needed...
Whiteshift: populism, immigration and the future of white majorities - CEPS Brussels
July 18, 2019 17:45 - 2 hours - 118 MBA talk on Whiteshift by Eric Kaufmann at the Centre for European Policy Studies, the EU's leading independent think tank. July 10, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQWUCb55L4
David Pakman Show
July 01, 2019 10:32 - 16 minutes - 36.7 MBEric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics at Birkbeck, University of London, and author of "Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities," joins David to discuss the future of race and right-wing populism in America -Become a Member: https://www.davidpakman.com/membership -Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -Join on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvix... -Follow David on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dpakman -Follow David on Instagra...
Conversations On Integration Podcast V2
March 20, 2019 21:55 - 1 hour - 62 MBRecorded on March 8, 2019 This is the first of our podcast series – The Integration Conversation – to discuss the latest developments in the field. Our first one features Trevor Phillips and Eric Kaufmann, discussing the issue of the decline of white majorities raised in Kaufmann’s book ‘Whiteshift’, alongside issues of knife crime, white flight, European refugee integration, Muslim integration, and the separatist message of the film ‘Black Panther’. Via http://www.integrationhub.net/podcas...
What Does It Mean to Be British and Who Defines It?
March 20, 2019 21:42 - 1 hour - 33 MBThis interactive public event comprises a panel-based discussion, with representatives from different influential spheres in society who are shaping discourse on British identity, combined with direct audience engagement. Via http://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-Festival/NewWorldDisorders/Events/20190302/what-does-it-mean-to-be-british
Battle Of Ideas Identity Crisis
January 21, 2019 22:01 - 3 minutes - 7.21 MBIn this excellent Battle of Ideas 2018 session filmed and edited by WORLDbytes volunteers, Professor Frank Furedi gives us the historical low down on society’s concern with identity. Today’s identity politics, he explains, have absolutely no redeeming features. The speakers are: Professor Frank Furedi, the respondents are Remi Adekoya, Rachel Halliburton and Eric Kaufmann. The chair is Claire Fox. Full recording at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhprn3jk2Rs
PX Jon Haidt Viewpoint Diversity Event Segment 22 Nov 18
November 26, 2018 21:25 - 7 minutes - 6.42 MBA discussion on “Is there an ideological monoculture at British universities, and does it matter?” with: Jonathan Haidt, Author, The Coddling of the American Mind Eric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics, Birkbeck College Joanna Williams, Head of Education, Policy Exchange and Author, Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity Lord Macdonald of River Glaven Kt QC, Warden, Wadham College, University of Oxford full podcast at: https://policyexchange.org.uk/pxevents/is-there-an-ideological-monocult...
BBC Asian Network US Midterms interview
November 26, 2018 21:10 - 3 minutes - 3.61 MBInterview on BBC Asian Network on US Midterms, 7 November 2018
My Interview on US Midterms on BBC Radio 4 World At One, with Sarah Montague
November 26, 2018 21:06 - 5 minutes - 5.05 MBMy Interview on US Midterms on BBC Radio 4 World At One, with Sarah Montague, discussing issues around white identity, Trump and the midterms.
My interview on BBC Radio 4 Start the Week, with Andrew Marr , Oct 15, 2018
November 26, 2018 21:04 - 4 minutes - 4.29 MBOn BBC Radio 4 Start the Week with Andrew Marr and Francis Fukuyama to discuss Identity Politics, 15 October 2018
Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities
November 26, 2018 20:58 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBThis event hosted by Birkbeck on 15 November 2018 focused on and around topics from Eric Kaufmann's new book Whiteshift. The book argues that we need to talk about white identity if we hope to address the root causes of populism and polarisation. The West is in the midst of two epochal demographic transformations. First, the white share of the population is projected to drop to less than half the total by 2050 in North America and 2100 in Western Europe. Second, the mixed-race population is p...
18 Mounk Goodhart Etc Audio
July 12, 2018 16:50 - 2 hours - 142 MBRecording of an event which took place on Thursday 5 July at Birkbeck. Is the rise of populism in the West a threat to liberal democracy, or does it renew democracy by bringing new voices into the conversation? All panellists agree that elites bear some culpability for the rise of populism, but how should the system be reformed? The evening featured a panel debate between four high-profile speakers with contrasting views on this question. Claire Fox, Director of the Institute of Ideas and a ...
The New Nationalism, Immigration and Populism (ASEN podcast w Daphne Halikiopoulou)
June 27, 2018 09:30 - 52 minutes - 119 MBA discussion about the drivers of right-wing populism in the West, and of the connections to nationalism. Featuring Eric Kaufmann and Daphne Halikiopoulou. A podcast of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN), hosted by Nick James of LSE.
Attitudes Toward Immigration Round-table
May 24, 2018 20:12 - 1 hour - 67 MBRoundtable discussion on current attitudes towards immigration, hosted by the Birkbeck Department of Politics . Chaired by Professor Rosie Campbell with speakers Professor Eric Kaufmann, Dr Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij & Anna Killick. 9 May, 2018
Erik Tillman on Psychological Authoritarianism and Populist Right Support in Western Europe
May 24, 2017 10:14 - 1 hour - 78.4 MBErik Tillman of De Pauw University, Chicago, on Psychological Authoritarianism and Populist Right Support in Western Europe. Introduced by Eric Kaufmann. Birkbeck College, University of London, 17 May 2017
The Populist Backlash in Western Politics
March 14, 2017 19:35 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBStaff from the Department of Politics at Birkbeck College and special guest David Goodhart discuss the populist backlash in Western politics. This debate features Professor Eric Kaufmann, Dr Sam Ashenden, Dr Jason Edwards and special guest David Goodhart, founding editor of Prospect magazine and head of the Demography, Immigration and Integration Unit at Policy Exchange. Dr Alex Colas, Head of the Department of Politics at Birkbeck, chairs the event. Facebook: www.facebook.com/BirkbeckPoli...
The New Nationalism (LSE Inst Public Affairs/ASEN)30 Jan 2017
February 10, 2017 14:49 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBShortly after Trump’s victory, the Economist ran a cover story on ‘the New Nationalism.’ Professor Tony Travers of LSE chairs this event featuring an Economist editor and two experts on the populist right to ask, ‘Why the upsurge in nationalism?’ Richard Cockett (@CockettRichard) is an editor at The Economist who has written extensively on nationalism and immigration around the world for the newspaper Daphne Halikiopoulou is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Reading and ...
The Challenge of Climate Change: What Can and Can't Be Fixed
January 21, 2017 16:14 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBThe Challenge of Climate Change: What Can and Can’t Be Fixed? A Roundtable discussion and reception launching the MSc in Global Environmental Politics and Policy, organised by the Birkbeck Population, Environment and Resources Group. Free event open to all: Book your place As we approach the 25th anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit in 2017, climate change continues to pose a formidable global socio-economic, political and environmental challenge. The latest Conference of Participants in Pa...
A World in Crisis: Climate Change, Violence, Demography
January 21, 2017 16:03 - 1 hour - 88.2 MB“A World in Crisis: Climate Change, Violence, Demography and the Global Economy” Staff debate with Alex Colas, Aideen Foley, Ali Guven, Eric Kaufmann and David Styan. Chaired by Deborah Mabbett. The ongoing political turmoil in Brazil and Turkey is symptomatic of local and regional crises within and around many of the emerging powers in the Global South. With no clear end to the wars in the greater Middle East, and unequal and uneven development still prevalent across many parts of Africa, ...
Demographic Engineering: Population Strategies in Ethnic Conflict: questions
January 21, 2017 16:01 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBDr Paul Morland (Birkbeck) Demographic Engineering: Population Strategies in Ethnic Conflict with a response from Dean Godson (Director, Policy Exchange) Morland“All history is the history of ethnic conflict and in ethnic conflict numbers count.” With this bold statement, Paul Morland opens his new book which argues that ethnic conflict is pervasive across time and space and those with the weight of numbers on their side, either of soldiers or voters, have at the very least an important ad...
Demographic Engineering: Population Strategies in Ethnic Conflict
January 21, 2017 15:57 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBDr Paul Morland (Birkbeck) Demographic Engineering: Population Strategies in Ethnic Conflict with a response from Dean Godson (Director, Policy Exchange) Morland“All history is the history of ethnic conflict and in ethnic conflict numbers count.” With this bold statement, Paul Morland opens his new book which argues that ethnic conflict is pervasive across time and space and those with the weight of numbers on their side, either of soldiers or voters, have at the very least an important ad...
Introduction to Paul Morland Book talk on Demographic Engineering
January 21, 2017 15:56 - 6 minutes - 6.08 MBDr Paul Morland (Birkbeck) Demographic Engineering: Population Strategies in Ethnic Conflict with a response from Dean Godson (Director, Policy Exchange) Morland“All history is the history of ethnic conflict and in ethnic conflict numbers count.” With this bold statement, Paul Morland opens his new book which argues that ethnic conflict is pervasive across time and space and those with the weight of numbers on their side, either of soldiers or voters, have at the very least an important ad...
Europe's Migrant Crisis and the Populist Right
January 21, 2017 15:35 - 1 hour - 97.7 MB‘Changes Alarm, Time Disarms: Ethnic Context and the Political Demography of Anti-Immigration,’ part of panel at ‘Europe’s migration crisis and the Populist Response’ event, 23 November, Wolfson Suite, London, University of London Slides: http://www.sneps.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/EK-1.pptx
Immigration Attitudes and Asylum In Britain
January 21, 2017 15:27 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBBritish Government @ LSE public discussion Date: Thursday 5 November 2015 Time: 6.30-8pm Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building Speakers: Professor Eric Kaufman, Professor Alan Manning, Polly Toynbee, Professor Christine Whitehead Chair: Professor Tony Travers This event will discuss immigration and asylum policies in Britain. The event will specifically discuss economics, public opinion, communities and poverty. Eric Kaufmann is Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University...
White Flight and the rise of UKIP
January 21, 2017 15:23 - 12 minutes - 16.8 MBProfessor Eric Kaufman from Birkbeck College, University of London, discusses his research making use of the BHPS and Understanding Society to look at White Flight and discusses what his findings tell us about the apparent rise of UKIP.
‘Positive Contact or Selective ‘White Flight’?: Diversity and Attitudes to Immigration
January 21, 2017 15:19 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBTalk at University of Oxford, Department of Sociology, April 22, 2013 Asks why white British people in more diverse wards in England are somewhat less opposed to immigration than those in more homogeneous wards.
Ethnic Majorities and the Rise of the Far Right
January 01, 2016 17:14 - 49 minutes - 56.5 MBMuch of the course has focused on separatist or diaspora minorities, or on the states in which they reside. This lecture considers ethnic majorities within states, such as the ethnic white British majority of Britain or whites in the United States. The nationalism of the state differs from that of the ethnic majority. Ethnic majority nationalism is more exclusive of ethnic minorities and the rise of large-scale non-European migration to Europe since the 1950s is a major factor in the rise of ...
Nationalism and European Unity
January 01, 2016 17:06 - 58 minutes - 93.7 MBThis lecture asks whether nationalism and European integration are on a collision course. It covers the origin and design of the main institutions of the European Union. Next, I consider the rising opposition to European integration since the early 1990s, evident in survey data and popular votes on new Treaties, up to the British 'in/out' referendum, scheduled for 2016-17. What explains Euroskepticism, and what is the future of the European unification project?
Multiculturalism or Integration: the British Case
January 01, 2016 16:59 - 53 minutes - 86.1 MBIn diverse societies such as Britain, should the state grant rights to groups, or only to individuals? Should loyalty to the nation trump those of ethnicity or religion? Using the British case, this lecture asks whether there has been a shift from multiculturalism to British civic nationalism; from celebrating difference to emphasizing what Britons have in common.
Religion and Nationalism
January 01, 2016 16:51 - 56 minutes - 65 MBIs nationalism a secular religion, a replacement for nationalism, as Durkheim surmised? Or is it a meaning system that draws on religious resources for power? Do religious officials endorse or oppose nationalism and ethnicity? This lecture examines this question, probing the links between religion and nationalism, from ancient Israel to modern Islamism.
Secularization or Religious Revival?
January 01, 2016 16:41 - 56 minutes - 64.9 MBIs religion in decline? What is its relationship to secularization? One argument is that modernisation differentiates society, leading to the shrinking and relativization of religion. Another view is that a diversity of religious worldviews strengthens religion: religion only declines when suppliers become complacent and monopolistic. Finally, others draw attention to the importance of demography and nationalism in spurring religious revival. I also consider how modernity may be boosting fund...
Microfoundations of ethnic civil war
January 01, 2016 16:33 - 50 minutes - 57.5 MBWhat is the relationship between local-level conflicts based around local rivalries such as family or warlord, and wider ethnic conflicts? Are ethnic affiliations really just convenient labels for local protagonists to cling to - when their actual agenda has nothing to do with ethnic sentiment? I explore this 'microfoundations' argument for civil war in this lecture.
Nationalist violence
December 31, 2015 11:57 - 55 minutes - 63.5 MBWhen do secessionists use violence and when not? How does secessionist violence differ from state-directed genocide? Here we ask under what conditions nationalism turns violent.
Secession and Irredentism
December 30, 2015 18:43 - 57 minutes - 66.2 MBThis lecture asks why some nations seek to break away from their parent states while others are content with autonomy or even the status quo. What factors best explain secession? We also examine irredentism, where secessionists seek to join another state.
Ethnic and Civic Nationalism
December 30, 2015 18:34 - 54 minutes - 62.9 MBThis lecture asks whether some nations are based on exclusive, 'ethnic' membership criteria while others are more 'civic' and inclusive. Is the 'ethnic-civic' schema, which goes back to the early 20th century, a useful typology - or is it too simplistic?
Ethnic nationalism
December 30, 2015 18:22 - 56 minutes - 64.3 MBThis lecture looks at nations which define themselves on the basis of cultural characteristics. These typically emerged in places where the 'people' did not have their own state institutions and thus had to assemble their nations using cultural materials.
Multi-Ethnic States
December 30, 2015 17:59 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBWhy are some nations more ethnically diverse than others? How are multi-ethnic nations possible? What is a multi-national state? This lecture focuses on how ethnic groups, nations and states interact to produce multi-ethnic states.
State nationalism
December 30, 2015 17:50 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBThis lecture looks at how states construct nations from the 'top down' through mass ceremony, education, bureaucratization and militarization, with France as the model. We also ask why some nation-building projects fail, and how this informs theories of nationalism.
Theories of nationalism
December 30, 2015 17:13 - 1 hour - 75 MBThis lecture explores competing explanations for the emergence and persistence of nations. How do various theories explain the motivations of nationalists?
The Origin of Ethnic Groups
December 30, 2015 16:51 - 57 minutes - 65.6 MBWhen, how and why did ethnic groups originate? What is their relationship to nations and states?