It’s About Relationships

The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Joshua Mitchell joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent book American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time. Mitchell takes Tocqueville as his starting place for understanding identity politics, bipolarity, and addiction in American society. Fundamentally, it‘s all about relationships.

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