Nationalism Course Podcast

Robert 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 nationalism is viable 37:28 The real reasons most white voters backed Trump 45:49 The two Democrats who Eric thinks would do best against Trump 57:28 Is ethnic affinity in our genes? 59:28