Carl Trueman on How Society’s Search for Identity Spurred Sexual Revolution, Gender Ideology

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🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Today, biological men who identify as women are celebrated. Young girls taking puberty blockers are hailed as brave. How did we arrive at this place in our culture?

Carl Trueman, a professor at Grove City College and author of “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self," says humanity's search for identity played a large role in the sexual revolution and the embrace of gender identities we see today.

“I set the sexual revolution against the background of what I call the revolution in selfhood, which ... is a fundamental transformation in the way that human beings think of their personal identities,” Trueman says.

Trueman joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain how he believes society has come to embrace gender identity ideology.

Also on today’s show, we read your letters to the editor and share a “good news story” about a special 9/11 remembrance event hosted by Wreaths Across America.

Learn more about Wreaths Across America here: https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, August 30th.
0:09.6	I'm Robert Luey.
0:11.0	And I'm Virginia Allen.
0:12.9	On today's show, I talk with author and Grove City College professor Carl Truman about
0:18.5	his latest book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self.
0:22.7	He explains how the gender identity movement can be traced back to humanity's search
0:27.8	for identity.
0:29.2	We also read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a way you
0:33.1	can support our veterans and gold star families on the 20th anniversary of September 11th.
0:39.0	Before we get to today's show, we want to tell you about the only annual non-governmental
0:44.1	assessment of U.S. military power, the Heritage Foundation's index of military strength.
0:50.5	As the crisis continues to unfold in Afghanistan, many Americans want to know our true military
0:56.1	capacity.
0:57.6	The index seeks to inform both government officials and the public in assessing the ease
1:01.9	or difficulty of operating in key regions, the presence of U.S. military forces, and the
1:07.4	condition of key infrastructure.
1:09.6	To learn more about the 2021 index of military strength, you can visit heritage.org-military.
1:17.6	Now stay tuned for today's show, coming up next.
1:28.2	I am so pleased to be joined by Dr. Carl Truman.
1:32.0	He's a professor at Grove City College, and he's also an author of a number of books, including
1:37.4	his latest The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self.
1:42.0	Dr. Truman, thank you so much for being here.
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