The speakers discuss the different interpretations of 'liberal', the rise of identity politics as a replacement for class politics, and the prominence gained by identity-based movements after the decline of class-based politics.
Whatever happened to universalism? Academic and author of The Identity Trap, Yascha Mounk, explores how a relatively obscure and marginal set of ideas about identity have come to dominate our social, cultural and political life – and makes the case for universal, humanist values.
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