Living Freedom: ‘Freedom in the age of identity politics’

Features the lecture ‘Freedom in the age of identity politics’
recorded at Living Freedom Summer School 2023. Loved or loathed,
identity politics is inescapable in contemporary battles over
freedom. To some, the political embrace of the personal is a
vital tool in the struggle against oppressive institutions and
practices. To others, identitarian politics is a divisive force
in society and represents the antithesis of liberal ideals. In
making the case for the free individual, how do we avoid reducing
freedom to a lifestyle or consumer choice? Beyond the culture war
of identity politics, how should we seek to construct a sense of
ourselves and of freedom today?


LECTURER Dr Joanna Williams, director, Cieo, columnist, spiked,
and author of How Woke Won: The Elitist Movement That Threatens
Democracy, Tolerance and Reason


READ ON Freedom in the age of identity politics, Joanna Williams,
CIEO, 2023 How identity politics destroys freedom, Roger Scruton,
Acton Institute, September 2021


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