Dr Simon Kennedy - The Crisis Facing Young Men in Australia

About this episode

Dr Simon Kennedy discusses the crisis facing young men in Australia and its underlying causes.

My guest today is Dr Simon Kennedy an Australian academic specialising in the history of legal, political and religious ideas. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest in early 2023, and is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Danube Institute, also in Budapest. His first book was published with Edinburgh University Press in 2022, and is entitled Reforming the Law of Nature: The secularisation of political thought, 1532-1689. His second book is on education, entitled Against Worldview, and published with Lexham Press. Today we discuss: - His recent paper entitled "Young Men in Crisis: What Can Australia Do?" - The nature of this crisis, what its underlying causes are, and the extend to which the challenges facing young men are new and unprecedented - The related issue of the feminisation of our institutions including the churches and the impact this is having on our politics and society, and - What can be done about it. And much much more. https://www.ac.edu.au/faculty-and-staff/simon-kennedy/main/ https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24133 https://www.page.org.au/2026/03/young-men-in-crisis/

People in this episode

Host: Dan Ryan

Guest: Dr Simon Kennedy

Topics covered

• crisis facing young men
• feminisation of institutions
• political thought
• education
• social challenges

Keywords

• young men
• crisis
• Australia
• feminisation
• politics
• education
• social issues

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Danube Institute, Edinburgh University Press, Lexham Press

Places: Australia, Budapest

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