Postmaterialist values
Type: Concept
As of November 2026, Postmaterialist values has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Nov 2025). Discussed as a shift in political values.
In sociology, postmaterialism is the transformation of individual values from materalist, physical, and economic to new individual values of autonomy and self-expression. The term was popularized by the political scientist Ronald Inglehart in his 1977 book The Silent Revolution, in which he discovered that the formative affluence experienced by the post-war generations was leading some of them to take their material security for granted and instead place greater importance on non-material goal
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Nov 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show |
| Field | Political Science |
Who talks about Postmaterialist values on podcasts?
Postmaterialist values came up; the most recent mention was Nov 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show.
What is Postmaterialist values mentioned alongside?
Postmaterialist values is most often mentioned alongside Fred Zakaria, Zohran Mamdani and Hispanic voters.
Affiliated with: Fred Zakaria
Mentioned together: Zohran Mamdani, Hispanic voters, legal immigration, credible fear, economic migrants, Mexican border, asylum, family unification, skills-based immigration, Northern Europe