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Left Is Not Woke

By Susan Neiman

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Left Is Not Woke

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If you're woke, you're left. If you're left, you're woke. We blur the terms, assuming that if you're one you must be the other. That, Susan Neiman argues, is a dangerous mistake. The confusion arises because woke is fuelled by traditionally leftwing emotions: the wish to stand with the oppressed and marginalized, to address historic crimes. But those emotions are undermined by widespread philosophical assumptions with reactionary sources. As a result, wokeism conflicts with ideas that have guided the left for more than 200 years: a commitment to universalism, a firm distinction between justice and power, and a belief in the possibility of progress. Without these ideas, the woke will continue to undermine their own goals and drift, inexorably and unintentionally, towards the right.

One of the world's leading philosophical voices, Neiman calls with passion and power for the left to return to the ideals that built the best of the modern world.

Also available as an audiobook narrated by the author.  
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
189
Release Date:
2024-05-24
Publication Date:
2024-05-24
Publisher:
Wiley John + Sons
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1509564101
ISBN13:
9781509564101
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
270 g
Height:
212 cm
Width:
135 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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