Fareed Zakaria

International affairs journalist Fareed Zakaria appeared at The Progressive Forum to discuss his New York Times bestseller, Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present. It took place at Congregation Emanu El, Houston, Texas, on May 13, 2024.
SHORT: We’re in a cultural backlash to years of advancement. The progress of women in last 40 years with related disruption. The identity revolution. When people get anxious, they move right culturally. The demigod. (5:04)

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Lecture presentation. Fareed Zakaria at The Progressive Forum. “We are living through a great cultural backlash … to years of enormous progress.” (40:32)
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Q&A with Fareed Zakaria and Randall Morton, Progressive Forum president. (36:05)
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SHORT: Dynamics of identity politics. The rise of elite technocracy, deep class and cultural resentment. It’s showing up in voter polls, not just in America. (3:31)
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SHORT: Lessons learned from preconditions of World War I and II. Years of backlash against openness, liberalism, and diversity. (5:05)

Background

Fareed Zakaria is host of CNN’s flagship international affairs show, “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” as well as a weekly columnist for The Washington Post. He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World.  He was born in Mumbai, India, where he attended school. He graduated with a BA from Yale, where he was editor of the Yale Political Monthly. He earned an MA and PhD in government from Harvard. At the age of 28, he became the managing editor of Foreign Affairs. He is a contributing editor for the Atlantic Media Group, which includes The Atlantic Monthly. He’s been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and editor-at-large of Time. Since 2008, he has hosted “Fareed Zakaria GPS (Global Public Square),” which is the most popular show on CNN according to U.S. Television Database.

Generously sponsored by Don Griffin and Mary Cubanski, Melanie Gray and Mark Wawro, Scott and Rebecca McCay, and Lisa and Mustafa Parris-Conchinwala

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