Emmanuel Todd, Defeat of the West - the main ideas explained in English

In this video, I explain the main ideas of Emmanuel Todd, The Defeat of the West. This most important book on geopolitics and history has not yet been translated into English. A best-seller in France - this video will explain in easy-to-understand language the complex historical, sociological arguments that Todd uses, and translate key passages of Todd's important book.
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How and why has the West been defeated and lured into a trap in Ukraine? Find out in this video.

[theburningarchive]

His best seller on geopolitics is not and will not be available in English.
But this online seminar will explain it all to you.

​Rethink geopolitics with the great French historian. Is the West headed to a strategic defeat? Why? And what happens next?

[cbrace]

Excellent summary, very helpful for those of us who do not read French. One comment: I have trouble conceiving Ukraine (specifically, "Ukraine nihilism") as a trap that somehow drew or sucked the West in. Seen through the lens of realpolitiek, the Ukraine project had been fermented for years if not decades by the neocons on both sides of the Atlantic. They were not drawn in, they deliberately used that tragic country as a trap to weaken if not bring down Russia (regime change in the Kremlin). Merkel and Hollande have both admitted that the Minsk agreements were simply a ruse to stall for time in order to arm Ukraine. This foolish gambit is now backfiring spectacularly. In what sense was the West "lured into a trap"?

[gilles-xutc]

I’m French, i bought his brilliant book, very interesting and full of many data.
He was one of the only one in march 2022 to predict the defeat of Ukraine, his video is still on youtube. He gave data showing that the usa and nato just could not defeat the russian army. This man predicted the end of ussr, severla years before, based on demographic data. He’s a top historian and demograph, with a lot of humour too. Tks for sharing his views.

[IbnBahtuta]

Chapter one.
The truth is that the "west" has defeated itself.
Chapter two.
Think of multiple self-inflicted wounds.
The End.

[alfabravo]

I can’t wait till this book is translated into English. Thank you 🙏

[PhilipWong]

Eastern civilizations prioritized stability and peace due to their long-standing dynastic traditions, cultural philosophies like Confucianism emphasizing social harmony, centralized bureaucracies, and geographical features that encouraged internal development over external conquest. Their relative economic self-sufficiency and focus on internal trade further supported this stability. In contrast, Western civilizations emphasized expansion and domination driven by geopolitical competition among fragmented states, economic motivations such as the search for new trade routes and resources, religious and ideological factors including the spread of Christianity, and technological advancements in navigation and military capabilities. The rise of nationalism and the Industrial Revolution further fueled Western expansionist ambitions.

Western civilization defeats itself by its need for endless wars and conflicts.

[simonsmatthew]

Richard Wolff also talks about the innate tendency towards violence in US society. He traces this to the war against native Indians "the savages" and the role that played in shaping the new nation. I would also argue it is stronly embedded in Britain, and that country would have also played a role.

[dfaux]

Im so glad I found your channel!! Excellent. I have been finding too much repetition in certain alternate media and you are presenting a different view. Much thanx.

[stevenrix]

I'm french. There is also one book from Emmanuel Todd that predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1976 and he wrote the collapse would happen between 10 and 15 years. And it did happen. The book was translated into english in 1979 "The Final Fall: an Essay on the Disintegration of the Soviet Sphere".

[gavtalk]

11k views in 1 people are watching you Jeff. Awesome

[johannakamstra-schickendan]

The Oekraïne is a goldmine, trillions of commodities, we can’t leave that to the Russia. Who said that openly in the media? Lindsay Graham. After that we go for Russia itself, unfortunately Russia has a very intelligent, brilliant President.

[tombeach]

Appreciate your overview of his latest work. I can see why it is a best seller in France. Can't wait for the English version. Todd captures everything I have been seeing and hearing.

[АскарЕлемесов-юц]

Very sharp and eloquent summary of obviously a very powerful and visionary book. A lot of parallels with views articulated by Kishore Mahbubani, ex- Foreign Minister of Singapore

[KeithPluas]

This is an excellent set of insights with a lot to unwrap from each of them. They clearly point at what is meant by the defeat. In my opinion, it doesn’t mean that the West will collapse, at least not immediately, but instead, it is slowly self-isolating, fortifying that bubble of self-instilled moral superiority that has blinded them to a changing world.

[alaaalawneh]

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[adelphe]

I’m reading the book, lucky me, I’m french. Todd has such a great mastery of concepts that it makes one feel more clever after reading. Great benefit !!!Very pleasant to read too as Emmanuel Todd can’t help injecting a few drops of his sense of humour in this mass of extremely serious and demanding explainations. Wish you’ll get the english translation, but prepare to suffer : what he says about today’s UK is not tender…

[aladalussi]

Thank you for the summary, I'll purchase it in French.

[hazchemel]

Yeah he's right. Thanks to your patient pedagogy, this is a good introduction to this man's thoughts.

[christopherharrison]

I read Todd’s book _After the Empire_ shortly after the translated version was published in the early 2000s and found it to be one of the more prescient texts on international geopolitics I’ve ever read.

[BaronV-gpeb]

I want to read this book and can’t wait for his new book to be translated from French. Calvinism and individualism is deeply embedded in Anglo Saxon culture