Eric Kaufmann
@epkaufm
Professor of Politics. Focus on national identity, cultural left, political demography. (Ice) hockey player, Dad, from Vancouver, BC.
The first public online course on Woke at a western university @UniOfBuckingham. Enroll now, from anywhere in the world. Choose lecture-only, lecture-seminar or MA in the Politics of Cultural Conflict. Deadline for lecture-seminar option Jan 30. Lecture-only apply any time.
It was an honor to be a part of this and sign my name next to many of my heroes!
1/ NEW: Announcing the Buckingham Manifesto for a Post-Progressive Social Science Just released at @chronicle Signatories span the range from anti-Trump liberals (i.e. @sapinker @clairlemon) to conservative reformers (i.e. @realchrisrufo @GadSaad) A new intellectual movement
1/ NEW: Announcing the Buckingham Manifesto for a Post-Progressive Social Science Just released at @chronicle Signatories span the range from anti-Trump liberals (i.e. @sapinker @clairlemon) to conservative reformers (i.e. @realchrisrufo @GadSaad) A new intellectual movement
The BBC has created a ‘Black woman’s guide to workplace microaggressions’. Unsurprisingly, it paints all white people out to be nothing but bumbling caricatures of idiocy. Is this really helping societal cohesion?
Recent reports have found that slashing annual immigration will lower asking rents and bolster wages. Canadians were misled for years about the effects of rapidly expanding the population. Now, the truth is out. My latest for the @nationalpost nationalpost.com/opinion/geoff-…
My latest is on how we are in a war of attrition fighting gender ideology in Canada. It’s exhausting. But we have to keep going.
Amy Hamm: Trudeau may be gone, but the gender craziness continues nationalpost.com/opinion/trudea…
4/ Two main aspects: 1) rebalancing social science by adding heterodox non-progressive perspectives that have been marginalized; 2) launching the critical study of woke as an interdisciplinary field Read it in full here: chronicle.com/blogs/letters/…
There is some really interesting data in the truly excellent article by @epkaufm in this volume. One conclusion: "There is no silent overwhelming majority for academic freedom among the professoriate."
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. The contributions are full of insight -- they are all knowledgeable and carefully argued -- with a rich diversity of perspectives. The introduction by Luke Sheahan is masterful. If you are interested in free speech, read this book.
He’s a fascist, but woke refers to something far more specific!
"This Woke Right thing you made up doesn't exist, Konstantin". Suuuure...
Nurses in Canada now have to denounce “white, European-centric” medicine as part of their professional ethics obligations. The Canadian Nurses Association 2025 Code of Ethics is a far-left loyalty oath, not a guide for healthcare professionals! junonews.com/p/new-ethics-c…
When the encampments went up on elite campuses, Jewish students abandoned the far left in droves.