Are 'identity politics’ really a threat to democracy? | Upfront

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In a special interview, we ask Francis Fukuyama, whose latest book is titled Identity: the Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment, if identity politics are really damaging democracy.
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  • @ultharion
    @ultharion4 жыл бұрын

    Francis Fukuyama did not let himself get baited into an inflamatory interview - Well done. Keep to the facts and those who are emotionally invested will incriminate themselves.

  • @helenmalinowski4482
    @helenmalinowski44825 жыл бұрын

    Fukuyama is a true intellectual who politely avoided the inflammatory interrogation of the interviewer. We want knowledge and insight not disrespectful attempts to destroy for self aggrandisement.

  • @dr.tanveerahmedph.d4176

    @dr.tanveerahmedph.d4176

    3 жыл бұрын

    file:///C:/Users/user/3D%20Objects/Samuel_P_Huntington_The_Clash_of_Civilizations_and.pdf

  • @scottferguson4372
    @scottferguson43725 жыл бұрын

    This interviewer needs to shut up and let me hear what the guest is saying.

  • @cilmaralion4258
    @cilmaralion42584 жыл бұрын

    Fukuyama is very polite and an authority in his field, this interviewer is not only disrespectful - he should have done his homework before taking up this job! He wanted to know more about the book than the author?!!

  • @maxinewarnest894

    @maxinewarnest894

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Interviewer at one point talked over the Author to block the rest of his answer and his right to free speech.

  • @lifeisneverthesame910

    @lifeisneverthesame910

    2 жыл бұрын

    not surprising Mehdi Hasan

  • @mondrian9870
    @mondrian98704 жыл бұрын

    I thought Fukuyama handled the aggressive interviewer very well, and won the debate with both his ideas and his attitude.

  • @minhok19

    @minhok19

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah.

  • @swagitachiuchiha5012
    @swagitachiuchiha50125 жыл бұрын

    My God fire that reporter!

  • @minhok19
    @minhok193 жыл бұрын

    I had to work hard to get to the end of the interview. The interviewer looked more like a spoiled child tapping his foot in front of what Francis Fukuyama was saying. There was no debate, it seemed more like an attempt at discussion.

  • @albertogutierrez8653
    @albertogutierrez86535 жыл бұрын

    As one of those melanin types, I am not a minority. Never been and never will be. There is nothing minor about me. I don't need any body's pity. You got a problem about my ethnicity, that is your problem. My problem is making a big fact check, so I can have the privilege to enjoy my life. I AM AN AMERICAN FIRST!

  • @oanastan3146
    @oanastan31463 жыл бұрын

    I've never been so ANNOYED by an interviewer, this guy should find another freaking job

  • @NeekieBonakdar
    @NeekieBonakdar3 жыл бұрын

    Oh my god let the man SPEAK, why does everyone love to cut Fukuyama off😭

  • @tmanzzz
    @tmanzzz4 жыл бұрын

    Medi Hassan is his name I think. He is a poor interviewer. Always has been.

  • @janiaf
    @janiaf5 жыл бұрын

    Why does this interviewer asks questions if he does not let Fukuyama answer them? A bit restless a s well, physically.

  • @reasonrusfromme9731
    @reasonrusfromme97312 жыл бұрын

    Let Mr. Fukuyama speak, please. We are interested in what he has to say

  • @carlabroderick5508
    @carlabroderick55085 жыл бұрын

    Mehdi Hassan stop interrupting your interviewee. AlJazeera finally gives voice to so many so you can interrupt and overwhelm them?

  • @72seeker72
    @72seeker725 жыл бұрын

    Excellent interview! Fukuyama expressed himself well against some very good questions by the AL-JAZEERA interviewer. KUDOS.

  • @ninirema4532
    @ninirema4532 Жыл бұрын

    Great prof. very smart lecture. Thank you very much.

  • @Sinderellaa
    @Sinderellaa5 жыл бұрын

    Finally, someone with some balls to tell the truth. We need more people like this Francis guy.

  • @deeplife9654
    @deeplife96542 жыл бұрын

    The problem with interviewers now a days is that they want to talk more than the person is in opposite side and wants him to agree with everything

  • @ronansmith3003
    @ronansmith30034 жыл бұрын

    what a pro you love to see it precise to the point factual and calm as can be

  • @miguelrodriguez-kw6je
    @miguelrodriguez-kw6je3 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer is really impolite. His parents did a very poor job raising him.

  • @messygrrrl4905
    @messygrrrl49055 жыл бұрын

    Its not just the psychology that matters, its the ideology. Including identity politics in fighting awful ideology is possible and necessary. This guy seems like a drag.

  • @alterego157

    @alterego157

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why would you fight against someone's identity?!

  • @Max-zq4dx

    @Max-zq4dx

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@alterego157 Self hating white doesn't realize whites are the smallest minority, a minority of feminists and "free rights" supporters, perhaps the decline is a good thing.

  • @SensemakingMartin
    @SensemakingMartin4 жыл бұрын

    I've usual enjoyed this interviewer in the past but he was very rude in this one

  • @tobacco118

    @tobacco118

    3 жыл бұрын

    He always rude and abrasive, no media from his own country wanted him. He made himself a name among his muslim fans though.

  • @pandayashwani
    @pandayashwani3 жыл бұрын

    Ahankarviheen ! Sir fransis fukuyama is not an ordinary person but a world in itself. Please show some respect..

  • @javiercasas919
    @javiercasas9195 жыл бұрын

    abrasive interviewer who would rather hear his own voice than allow real discourse to happen. fire him. what a waste of an interview

  • @minhok19

    @minhok19

    3 жыл бұрын

    I also think!

  • @quibily
    @quibily5 жыл бұрын

    This interviewer was too combative..... Let your guest talk, please.

  • @ramatgan1

    @ramatgan1

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's called 'Up Front' for a reason.

  • @sogghartha

    @sogghartha

    5 жыл бұрын

    That is the entire role of an interviewer. An interview that is not combative is called PR.

  • @quibily

    @quibily

    5 жыл бұрын

    sogghartha I wasn't aware someone was supposed to win in an interview.

  • @maxinewarnest894

    @maxinewarnest894

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ramatgan1 Talking over and louder to stop an answer you don't like the direction the answer is going but which is crucial to be heard... and without allowing the 2nd half of that question to be answered was soooooooo bias.

  • @MrEdd215
    @MrEdd2155 жыл бұрын

    Would have been nice to hear what Fukuyama had to say, and make my own decision about whether or not he was full of BS. But why bother thinking when I have overly emotional interviewer to do it for me? Seriously, get someone else to do these if the guy can't sit still and have a conversation about uncomfortable topics.

  • @agasirpadilla7155
    @agasirpadilla71555 жыл бұрын

    Bravo to this man; the interviewer was rude, he kept interrupting smh let him talk.

  • @seanconnolly6002

    @seanconnolly6002

    5 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer was doing his job. People's ideas need to be challenged.

  • @agasirpadilla7155

    @agasirpadilla7155

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@seanconnolly6002 theres a polite way of asking questions, you let the person who is responding finish his answer and then you state your question. The interviewer did not do this, instead he kept interrupting in points where he did not agree in. This is a News network and not an informal debate, the interviewer was clearly rude. Iam in no one side but I would rather have the person interviewing me have some manners or etiquette first as in letting me finish my answer to their question.

  • @naanaa8776
    @naanaa87765 жыл бұрын

    Nice Interview.

  • @Gilgamesh465
    @Gilgamesh4655 жыл бұрын

    I never thought that professor Fukuyama would be the won to criticize identity politics

  • @DickCheneyXX
    @DickCheneyXX5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, obviously.

  • @beishtkione24
    @beishtkione245 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @EIGYRO
    @EIGYRO2 жыл бұрын

    The program is titled 'Up Front'. Shoulda been called 'IN YOUR FACE'.

  • @seniorelzappo9919
    @seniorelzappo99195 жыл бұрын

    Why doesn't the interviewer just sit in front of a mirror and interview himself ? instead of waisting Dr Fukuyamas time.

  • @BradleyGearhart
    @BradleyGearhart10 ай бұрын

    Has the interviewer even read the book?

  • @sidraahad8645
    @sidraahad86452 жыл бұрын

    I thought I was the only one getting annoyed by the interviewer's attitude. He never let Francis Fukuyama speak.

  • @KhusiLimbu
    @KhusiLimbu3 жыл бұрын

    This man should learn little bit of how to behave when talking to a person like Francis Fukuyama. Manner. Politeness. Allowing the guest to answer. If you're a master yourself then you didn't need to invite the guest. Jesus.

  • @mikely7354
    @mikely73544 жыл бұрын

    Frank's observations and arguments are very deep. While I appreciate Frank's patience, I also appreciate Medi Hasan's spirit of discussion in his questioning. However, not to mean to put a public intellectual on a pedestal, Frank's genuine interests in truth seeking shouldn't be treated as just any social commentator.

  • @McDonnelMark
    @McDonnelMark3 жыл бұрын

    Is/Are identity politics singular or plural? Even though the word physics has/have an 'S' on the end of it, in English physics is usually treated as a singular noun. In American English, 'math' does not have an 'S,' but in British English 'maths' do/does. This is all messed up.

  • @imanijaldinhartsough1342
    @imanijaldinhartsough13427 ай бұрын

    I agree with Hasan but Fukuyama definetly represented his side a lot more level headed.

  • @TheDavidlloydjones
    @TheDavidlloydjones5 жыл бұрын

    "The end of history" was lightweight nonsense a generation ago. Why should we take the guy seriously today?

  • @seanconnolly6002

    @seanconnolly6002

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, we shouldn't. Although I happen to agree with most of what he's saying here.

  • @christianatchason5264
    @christianatchason52643 жыл бұрын

    Is this interviewer interviewing his own puppet? He seems to be placing words into the mouth of his Guest. Maybe he should just interview himself. No wonder only AlJazeera will hire him. He is rude as rude gets.

  • @ahayahyashayah9093
    @ahayahyashayah90935 жыл бұрын

    Man is smart he spoke on ISIL in the interview not BLM

  • @angelaliang8721
    @angelaliang87215 жыл бұрын

    “Psychological phenomenon whereby the demand for dignity” - want for acceptance through dignity is not the same as want for power with dignity (characterises extremist groups). “Liberalising the labour laws in France will help minority groups etc” “There is a lot of empirical data that show access to education is the single most determinative of your life opportunities and outcomes” “black men raised in the top 1% from millionaire families are still more likely to be incarcerated than a white man earning $36,000 a year” - pretty sure that a black man in the top 1% has access to higher education...and is still more likely to be incarcerated - access to education and wealth is clearly not the single determinate of your life outcomes

  • @mukhammadamirshokhnematov1692

    @mukhammadamirshokhnematov1692

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah sis, its your will to succeed

  • @Mr.Redacto
    @Mr.Redacto6 ай бұрын

    The anchor seemed determined to push a divisive narrative on race, despite Francis' warnings about the harm caused by 'Identity Factions' in our society. It's somewhat ironic how the anchor, and the media in general, often overlook their role in exacerbating such situations.

  • @jeffbetts9420
    @jeffbetts94204 жыл бұрын

    A great interviewer. This academic identity politic stuff needs push back if we are ever going to get to the truth of the matter. Surely democracy is all about protecting everyone’s individual rights. The reality is much of the discussion is about protecting existing rights and giving as little away as possible. Redistribution of income, free medical care and free education being just examples. Many academics seem much more concerned with maintaining the status quo. Targeting individual SJW’s or any group pushing for equal opportunity simply denies such people their human rights and is hardly democratic.

  • @chriper77
    @chriper774 жыл бұрын

    How do I give a thumbs up for the guy being interviewed but a massive thumbs down for the interviewer?

  • @TheDynamicmarket
    @TheDynamicmarket2 жыл бұрын

    too much representation is discrimination

  • @eball2k9
    @eball2k95 жыл бұрын

    The biggest. Precisely why a 3rd party can not be elected in United States

  • @toilarhd4581
    @toilarhd4581 Жыл бұрын

    Please cancel identity policy

  • @jeroenvdbeken126
    @jeroenvdbeken1263 жыл бұрын

    the interviewer should be thaught to shut up when clever people are speaking.

  • @valentinvetements
    @valentinvetements Жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @mustavogaia2655
    @mustavogaia26555 жыл бұрын

    About the movie with crazy asians, one should check the amount of buzz/hype created by the well connected producer of that movie.

  • @minhok19
    @minhok193 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer's behavior was deplorable, he seemed more like an amateur reporter who just came out of the cradle. Without education, making it clear that he was not concerned with what the guest said, his focus was clearly to create controversy. As another colleague said, I wanted to shut up personally, annoying guy.

  • @normadom3715

    @normadom3715

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why shy away from controversy in a discussion when it forms the basis to counter a point of view. It makes for a richer debate surely as opposed to concurring with everything the learned professor has to say.

  • @joshbarber89
    @joshbarber894 жыл бұрын

    these are loaded questions lol

  • @benjaminmorris811
    @benjaminmorris8112 жыл бұрын

    Medi Hassan’s hijacking of the interview unfortunately just showcases his ego instead of allowing any flow of conversation in order for us the viewers to learn anything.

  • @heisenberk3316
    @heisenberk33163 жыл бұрын

    Please change the reporter

  • @BryanWong
    @BryanWong3 жыл бұрын

    Mehdi is doing nothing to draw out best of Fukuyama. May not be in agreement but is worth a listen. Is this an interview or combative debate? Not interested in Mehdi's thoughts. More interested in Fukuyama's perspectives to digest on.

  • @aldemir6127
    @aldemir61275 жыл бұрын

    There is no democracy and never was, what are you talking about.

  • @normankelley

    @normankelley

    5 жыл бұрын

    What is this view based on? Are you saying that because democracies have problems that they don't exist? If the US, UK, Canada are not democracies--based on free and fair elections, a free press, individual rights, and presentative and participatory governments--then what are they?

  • @aldemir6127

    @aldemir6127

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@normankelley Do your research, mostly directed, controlled directed by upper powers and with money, results are mostly contaminated. Basically not much different than any other ism's.

  • @Asidders

    @Asidders

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@aldemir6127 Thanks, my favourite comeback - when someone puts out an absurd claim - is "just go research it yourself dude!!" You can't even name what "ism" you're talking about! 😂

  • @Jordan-fr3zn
    @Jordan-fr3zn5 жыл бұрын

    This is the same interviewer that believes in flying horses.

  • @aevqt6841
    @aevqt68413 жыл бұрын

    The reporter did his job!

  • @johnnastrom9400

    @johnnastrom9400

    3 жыл бұрын

    No he didn't. And he is a left-wing nut.

  • @tomblakemoremusic
    @tomblakemoremusic3 жыл бұрын

    Francis Fukuyama and Jordan Peterson are GOATs The interviewer clearly sees himself as an oppressed person, judging by his reaction to Mr Fukuyama's response to his question, instantly attacking him for daring to challenge the leftist SJW mindset, shows your true colours that buddy. He's playing the identity politics himself and loves the stuff, leave him be, it's easier for him to put any small misfortune at the feet of oppresion, its a low resolution answer to a whole series of complex questions, questions which fundamentally cannot be attributed to one cause.

  • @socrateos
    @socrateos2 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer is in the wrong business. He should be, perhaps, a car salesman.

  • @jollybekson1736
    @jollybekson17365 жыл бұрын

    This interviewer is precious

  • @gifariigip5386
    @gifariigip53865 жыл бұрын

    Thats is good

  • @quaisonmoseley
    @quaisonmoseley4 жыл бұрын

    I understand the interviewer's frustration. This man had no real foundation behind his claims. I also understand the comments because people have a tendency to focus on information that supports their way of thinking.

  • @AlexOrozco-Social-Pariah

    @AlexOrozco-Social-Pariah

    10 ай бұрын

    not just that but he pointed out Fukuyama's disingenuous use of ISIS and BLM in one single page to "make a point" is like the reductio ad hitlerum fallacy, blatant and disgraced. And yet you see in the comments people has bought the brainwash campaign about defacing the identitarian component in politics just for spite of sexual and racial diversity looking to right the wrongs. It's like they expect false stereotypes to be gone by just magically thinking they never existed and not really out of having conversations.

  • @ej3796
    @ej37963 жыл бұрын

    presenter so rude and arrogant. couldn't hear a thing the speaker was trying to say. made it quite annoying actually. it was all about what he wanted to say and how he wanted to appear on camera, and affirmation of his political views not about Listening

  • @Carolina-wz2qo
    @Carolina-wz2qo3 жыл бұрын

    the interviewer i think got a bit too heated but the point fukuyama's making about representation being unnecessary or not something to celebrate really falls flat. Just because he's never dealt with issues of racism against Asian-Americans in the United States and has never felt the need to be represented, that really doesn't mean that no one else has that need or that no one else has suffered racism. That's like saying "poverty isn't an issue because I'm rich" -- he's not really considering wider experiences is he. I mean, the huge huge majority of Asian-descened people in the United States suffer severe forms of racism. The fact that one rich harvard professor didn't have the same experiences doesn't erase everyone else's.

  • @ricardocima

    @ricardocima

    3 жыл бұрын

    Falls flat for resentful people.

  • @maxinewarnest894

    @maxinewarnest894

    3 жыл бұрын

    But he was not saying that racism does not happen. He was trying to say that access to good education for all is vital. Education is a vital 1st step.

  • @nihleigleca6702
    @nihleigleca67025 жыл бұрын

    So getting over identity politics is to become colorblind...... I think the professor was confusing his individual experiences with a generalizable theory. It's one thing to advocate for nationalistic unity, it's another to argue for omitting discriminations at a group level that are REAL.

  • @dr.tanveerahmedph.d4176
    @dr.tanveerahmedph.d41763 жыл бұрын

    Andre Gunder Frank. RcORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age . Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. xxix + 416 pp. ISBN 0520214749, $15.95 (paper). Reviewed by Kees Tcrlouw, Department of General Human Geography Faculty of Geographical Sciences Utrecht University, Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS This review also appears in the TESG Journal of Economic and Social Geography. Copyright 9 the Royal Dutch Geographical Society. We got it all wrong. Every social scientist frequently ha~ that sneaking feeling that perhaps the world is not constructed a~ he or she thought it wa~. Most ofus then have a drink and a good night's sleep, go back to the university the next day, and keep on teaching along the well-trodden path of our predecessors. Ifwc arc wrong, we arc at lea~t in well-respected company. But Andre Gunder Frank is not like the rest ofus. This maverick of many decades ha~ now written a book in which his iconocla~m reaches a new climax. That Samuel Huntington and Walt Rostow got it wrong won't surprise the reader familiar with Frank's earlier work on dependence and the development of underdevelopment. But Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Werner Sombart, Max Weber, Arnold Toynbee, William McNcill, Fcrnand Braudel, and even Immanuel Wallcrstcin arc now added to that list. Andre Gunder Frank also secs fatal errors in his previous work on dependency theory.

  • @connordavey4422
    @connordavey44223 жыл бұрын

    No mature content bit harsh... Thought he was a quite smart bloke 🤷

  • @Kasphs95
    @Kasphs955 жыл бұрын

    i dont like the interviewer.

  • @olgara451
    @olgara4515 жыл бұрын

    An anchor with a poor background interviewing one of the best minds of the mankind... What a contrast. It partially explains why this world is being torn apart. Really high quality education is a key thing, as least it allows to get rid of racial and nationalistic thorns.

  • @maxinewarnest894

    @maxinewarnest894

    3 жыл бұрын

    Humankind? Or is there a best of all Womankind authors that you are recommending on this topic? If so please share her name. Thank you.

  • @glamacherrie
    @glamacherrie2 жыл бұрын

    Not true Fukuyama. I guess you have not experienced racism while rich! Class has nothing to do with how people expediently see your colour. OPRAH Winfrey one of the world's richest women, was denied opportunity to purchase a handbag in an exclusive Parisian store because of her black skin colour. I agree with the interviewer.

  • @user-tn8rw8ue4t
    @user-tn8rw8ue4t5 жыл бұрын

    An interview gone sour.

  • @suzaniovieno2023
    @suzaniovieno20235 жыл бұрын

    There is only one God and he own all you must remember him first. This world does not matter 😇😇

  • @maxinewarnest894

    @maxinewarnest894

    3 жыл бұрын

    This world does matter. If you truly believed in God then you would know that all of God's creation does matter. God is not impressed with people trying to destroy the world, this beautiful earth and all the life it in, before it's time. Please remember that Jesus said that many shall call his name but that he shall know them not.

  • @timstinson2421
    @timstinson24214 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer is a joke

  • @quintonashley5745
    @quintonashley57455 жыл бұрын

    democracy is not equivalent to global capitalism

  • @pathofthegamer8590
    @pathofthegamer8590 Жыл бұрын

    Great example of an individual using post-modern thought processes in an unintellectual way. This interviewer is abysmal.

  • @Kweso_1988
    @Kweso_19883 жыл бұрын

    This interviewer is nuts

  • @sergioramirez3279
    @sergioramirez32792 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer is all fired up, he even cuts off his guest! A very good interview.

  • @Goodkidjr43
    @Goodkidjr435 жыл бұрын

    According to the interviewer, any politics HE dislikes is considered "authoritarian", "illiberal" and "nationalist". How convenient.

  • @ramatgan1

    @ramatgan1

    5 жыл бұрын

    The end of history?!! He is as wrong then as he is wrong now. A complete waste of time.

  • @maxinewarnest894

    @maxinewarnest894

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ramatgan1 Every moment is a new end of history. His earlier book was about a pinnacle in time. There has been the beginning of a new era. And his opinions still sound insightful.

  • @ninirema4532
    @ninirema4532 Жыл бұрын

    🏕🏕🏝🏝🏝

  • @enzofrancescoli1260
    @enzofrancescoli12602 жыл бұрын

    Mehdi Hassan has no class

  • @trulywylde5726
    @trulywylde57265 жыл бұрын

    You can't push identity politics on normal intelligent ppl... But it's funny watching this guy try!

  • @alterego157

    @alterego157

    5 жыл бұрын

    What's wrong with identity politics?

  • @matthewnaert5143
    @matthewnaert51434 жыл бұрын

    this narator has an agenda and bullies

  • @Sylphenos
    @Sylphenos5 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer is a clown

  • @leotto8906
    @leotto89064 жыл бұрын

    All are criticising interviewer but it’s more creative criticism and it’s upon usefull like usefull feedback , or competition help you improve

  • @maxinewarnest894

    @maxinewarnest894

    3 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer talked loudly over the author at one crucial point that the interviewer, or the interviewers employer did not want aired.

  • @leungpakhei
    @leungpakhei3 жыл бұрын

    I just press the dislike button because of the interviewer.

  • @dawidwyborski3753
    @dawidwyborski37535 жыл бұрын

    Muslim television worried about democracy ? How wonderful it is ! And what seys about this holy book Koran ?

  • @Asidders
    @Asidders4 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer has no idea what Francis is talking about. Embarrassing, really.

  • @rukneldinmohamed7500
    @rukneldinmohamed75005 жыл бұрын

    First

  • @monian2877
    @monian28774 жыл бұрын

    terrible interviewer!!!!

  • @ninirema4532
    @ninirema4532 Жыл бұрын

    🏕🏕🏕😎😎

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