S2E1 - Strange New World by Carl Trueman (Part 2)
In part two of this first episode of season two of the Berean Bookclub we chat through Strange New World by Carl Trueman.
We continue our journey with Trueman to understand how the modern man has come to think about himself, and how we have come to understand our identities. Looking at various thinkers through the years, considering how they have shaped our cultures and the way we think. If you are feeling confused about the strange new world you find yourself in right now this book helps us make sense of it, see how we're complicit in it and hopefully bring us to a place where we can talk about it a little better.
In this episode, we speak through how we have come to understand psychology primarily in sexual categories: how Freud defines humanity through sexual desire and happiness, how sexuality is ingrained in modern identity markers, Freud's explanation for societies' regulation of sexual desires; how sex has moved into the political sphere: why sexual codes are perceived as oppressive, the need to overthrow any authorities which impose sexual codes, why the states must be the ones to facilitate the change, the personal offence inevitable in disagreements and how the gospel offers a hopeful alternative to expressive individualism.