A full list of lectures at The Academy 2023: https://ideasmatter.org.uk/academy-20...
PROFESSOR MATTHEW GOODWIN
University of Kent; author, Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics
Lots of recent commentary from both progressives and conservatives has focused on the question of who the ‘elite’ are, and how, if at all, the make-up of the ruling elite has changed. For some, it’s the shady fund-managers and asset owners who bankroll populist movements. For others, it’s a new class of professional technocrats who’ve imbibed the latest ideas about gender and identity. Either way, few would deny that our current crop of elites seem singularly unprepared for the challenges and crises of the 21st Century. Why is this?
02:47 Who are the new elite?
09:38 How the new elite consolidate power
14:00 The most intolerant group in society: the new elite
17:22 The new re-alignment
20:30 The culture war over the classroom
25:13 A new moral hierarchy
27:12 How we take on the new elite - and win