Podcasts Education Self-Improvement Conversations with Tyler Eric Kaufmann on Immigration, Identity, and the Limits of Individualism

Eric Kaufmann on Immigration, Identity, and the Limits of Individualism

Published: July 3, 2019, 11:52 a.m.

Going back and forth between Canada and Japan during his childhood sparked Eric Kaufmann\u2019s interest in the question of identity. As a foreigner in an international school, he encountered young individuals from at least 60 other countries, and this made him think more about national identity and how people affiliate and interact with one another. Now as an academic, he explores how demographic changes\u200a\u2014\u200amost notably caused by ethnic migration and assimilation\u200a\u2014\u200aare the key to understanding Brexit, Trump, and pretty much every major issue du jour.

Kauffman\u2019s latest book Whiteshift, which examines how declining white ethnic majorities will respond to these changes, is on Tyler\u2019s list as one of the best books of the year. The two discuss the book and more, including Orangeism in Northern Ireland, Switzerland\u2019s secret for stability, what Tocqueville got most wrong about America, predictions on Brexit\u2019s final form, why Portugal seems immune to populism, how Notre Dame should be rebuilt, whether the Amish\u200a\u2014\u200aor Mormons\u200a\u2014\u200awill take over the world, and much more.

Read a\xa0full transcript\xa0enhanced with helpful links.

Recorded May 28th, 2019

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