Episode 410 - The Politics of Identity

The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove

In this episode we discuss:

(00:00) Introduction

(06:03) Proposition209

(09:37) Yascha Mounk

(10:42) Kenan Malik

(12:27) Ancient World

(13:33) Greeks 6th Century BCE

(19:10) Monotheism

(19:32) 16th Century

(20:56) Alasdair MacIntyre

(27:53) Identity Trap

(30:14) The Lure

(31:13) The Problem

(34:37) The Origin of Identity Synthesis

(34:49) Historically The Left Was Universalist

(37:21) Post WW2

(37:41) Foucault

(38:16) Spivak

(47:44) Derek Bell

(50:09) Crenshaw

(54:15) Mainstream Adoption

(55:28) Standpoint Theory

(01:04:32) Time Limits on Race Laws

(01:07:42) Chris Hedges

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