Eric Kaufmann - How Race Became Sacred

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Nick is joined by Professor Eric Kaufmann to discuss his new book, Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution.

Topics covered include:
-Why liberals are more to blame for woke than the radical left 
-The problem of 'cultural socialism'
-Why emotional taboos are the real source of woke 
-How race became a 'sacred' category, and why we need to change that 
-The future of free speech 
-How policy must be used to create a 'resilient, post-woke society'
and loads more!

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Buy Eric's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taboo-Making-Produced-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1800752660
Take his open online course on woke: https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/occasional/woke/

His London MA in the Politics of Cultural Conflict: https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/research/ma-the-politics-of-cultural-conflict-by-research

Website: www.sneps.net

Substack: https://erickaufmann.substack.com/

University Centre for Heterodox Social Science: www.heterodoxcentre.com

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