What comes after liberal democracy? | Kolja Zydatis

Описание: What comes after liberal democracy?

In this bold, idea-rich lecture, Kolja Zydatis explores the global political topography of our time – a murky, volatile “interregnum” where the old order is collapsing but the new has not yet arrived. Drawing from his and Mark Feldon’s new book, Zydatis offers a panoramic, polemical tour of what he calls hyper-liberalism – a runaway version of liberalism obsessed with borderlessness, identity, and control – and the strange new regimes it has birthed: the Diversity State, the Green Leviathan, and the Biopolitical Machine.

From collapsing agricultural experiments to compulsory identity politics, this talk does not shy from the extreme – but every example is real, sourced, and symptomatic of something deeper. As Western nations struggle with identity, tradition, and freedom, Zydatis maps not only the pathologies of liberal excess but also the alternatives now emerging: from populist farmers' movements and “authoritarian city-states” like Singapore or Dubai, to inward-turning strategies like Rod Dreher’s Benedict Option. Some are inspiring. Others – deeply troubling.

If you've ever sensed that the system isn't just broken but unmoored – and that a new settlement is coming whether we like it or not – this talk offers the clearest map of what’s on the political menu, and the uncomfortable choices we may soon have to make.

This video is a lecture from The Academy 2025. The subject of the weekend event was "Upheaval: Why politics needs a new language".
You can find out more here: https://ideasmatter.org.uk/upheaval-w...

Kolja Zydatiss is the co-author of "Interregnum: Was kommt nach der liberalen Demokratie?" (Interregnum: What comes after liberal democracy?)