144: The Sexual Roots of Identity Politics—Mary Eberstadt

Subscribe and rate this podcast. Want more premium content and benefits available to members-only? Join the waiting list for Coffin Nation at www.coffinnation.com, doors open this Fall.  ******************************************************* How did the culture get so chaotic so quickly? Identity politics taints everything it touches; sexual minorities clamor for rights that didn’t exist five years ago; violence has replaced reason in public discourse. How did we get here? This is the gargantuan problem tackled by scholar and social critic Mary Eberstadt in her latest book, Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics. In light of the level of rage that has taken over public conversations, on and off line, how can we get traction with ideologues on the Left? Eberstadt says we must begin by listening and understanding.   Read the rest of show notes at: www.patrickcoffin.media/show