#134 - Frank Furedi - The West Is Crushing Democracy In The Name Of Defending It
Frank is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent and the author of twenty-eight books on the cultural forces shaping Western societies, including his most recent, In Defence of Populism. Frank is also a Senior Fellow at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Brussels.
In this conversation Frank and I think out loud about:
the spirit of populism, why the credentialized class fears it
how anti-populists restrict democracy while claiming to defend it
why fascism and populism are not just different but opposite
why nostalgia underpins cultural continuity
why 60% of the crisis starts…
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