Self-righteous professors have spawned self-righteous students and unleashed them into the public square” Russell Jacoby writing in the Tablet. A provocative article that covers similar territory to that discussed a previous post A Marxist Take on Woke has just appeared appeared in Tablet Magazine. Though the author is not, to the best of my knowledge… Continue reading Another view on ‘woke’
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A Marxist Take on ‘Woke’
Many people, myself included, have been a little bit too free and easy with the words Marxism and Marxist. Terms such as cultural Marxism are applied to many forms of performative wokeness and the word Marxist is often hurled more as an insult rather than a considered and thoughtful judgement. Perhaps it mirrors the way… Continue reading A Marxist Take on ‘Woke’
Female academics and ‘wokeness’
It is by no means settled that the feminine soul is possessed of only sugar and spice and all things nice” Mary Harrington, The new female ascendendency This post was prompted by an article penned by Noah Carl that briefly appeared on the front page of The Critic entitled Did women in academia cause wokeness.… Continue reading Female academics and ‘wokeness’