Death of Liberalism: The Exhaustion of Democracy

In this episode, Xiang Biao talks to Olaf Zenker, a leading
anthropologist whose work spans Southern Africa, Germany, and
Northern Ireland. Together, they explore one of the most urgent
questions of our time: What happens when people lose faith in
liberalism — not because they reject its ideals, but because they
feel it has failed them?


This post-liberal fatigue is a deep, relational exhaustion with
systems that promised justice, equality, and democracy, but
delivered only delay, disillusionment, and fragmentation.