John McWhorter and Mark Goldblatt – I Feel, Therefore I Am

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Glenn Loury

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🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

0:00 Mark Goldblatt’s recent book, I Feel, Therefore I Am: The Triumph of Woke Subjectivism

10:55 Wokeism’s roots in postmodern thought

15:05 The “mysticism” of woke thinking

17:44 Learning from Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations

26:29 John breaks his silence on transgender issues

35:13 The political consequences of subjectivism

41:46 Why Mark thinks transgender people are mentally disordered

50:07 What does the T have to do with the LGB?

58:09 Mark: Transgender people deserve respect

1:02:39 Distinguishing between strategy and reality

Links and Readings

Mark’s book, I Feel Therefore I Am: The Triumph of Woke Subjectivism

Matt Yglesias’s Vox essay, “The Great Awokening”

A clip from Glenn’s recent appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher

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0:48.1	This is Glendlaury.
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0:55.1	with my bi-weekly conversation partner, John McWater of Columbia University and the
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1:02.1	And our special guest this week is Mark Goldblatt, who's author of the book.
1:08.3	I feel, therefore, I am the triumph of woke subjectivism and we're going to be talking about
1:15.2	that.
1:16.2	As it turns out, John and Mark are old friends, so John is going to take the chair of
1:20.3	this conversation, but I would be chiming in as moved by the spirit.
1:24.4	So I'll turn it over to John.
1:26.4	Hey, Mark.
1:30.2	You have written a really interesting book and it's a book that is going to make a lot
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