Episode · The Rubin Report · 2023-02-19
Books mentioned on Anti-Woke Liberal Reveals Whether He Is Willing to Vote GOP | Peter Boghossian | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Peter Boghossian about a classical liberal's take on Joe Biden's State of the Union address; how the reaction to the speech shows how deep the political divid
Peter Boghossian recommended The Gift of Violence by Matt Thornton, and discussed The New Puritans by Andrew Doyle and Suicide of the West by Jonah Goldberg.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Gift of Violence
The Gift of Violence by Matt Thornton is a book that examines the realities of self-defense, conflict, and the actual dynamics of physical confrontations.
Recommended“Matt Thornton has a great book "The Gift of Violence" about this, when he was talking about the police and the role of the police with young Black men, I mean, that was just so contrary to what the data is.”
Where to get it
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The New Puritans
The New Puritans by Andrew Doyle examines modern social justice movements and online cancellation culture by drawing historical parallels to the Salem witch trials.
Discussed“And I think that what conservative and liberal is has shifted, but I'm gonna suggest a new access to you, the new access is, Andrew, my friend Andrew, our friend Andrew Doyle wrote about that book in his book, "The New Puritans," the access of the way to think about these problems isn't liberal conservative right, left, it's authoritarian, non-authoritarian.”
Where to get it
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Suicide of the West
Jonah Goldberg's Suicide of the West is a provocative cultural and political analysis tracing how the Enlightenment and classical liberalism created the modern miracle of human progress and prosperity.
Discussed“who's a conservative, a atheist conservative, you know, I think is "Suicide of the West," Jonah Goldberg, first line of the book is, "There is no God, he's a arch-conservative."”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“And as a guy that wrote a book called "A manual for Creating Atheists," you spend an awful lot of time around religious people now.”
“I just wrote the foreword to Rajiv Malhotra "Snakes in the Ganga," I've written the foreword to John Loftus' book, I've written the foreword to Lindsay's book, tons of forewords.”