This is a vein I've been working: I recently did two episodes of my podcast where authors critiqued Wokery from a progressive perspective. Philosopher Susan Neumann is from an American perspective, quite “left”. A full on socialist. She makes a strong case in her book *Left Is Not Woke* that Wokery is a gross betrayal of the left’s basis in universal humanism, while pointing out that the right that has historically defended particularism and ethnic chauvinism.
https://www.jimruttshow.com/susan-neiman/ Next up was Yascha Mounk. I interviewed him last week on his new book (published yesterday) *The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power.* https://www.jimruttshow.com/yascha-mounk/ Both guests, not surprisingly, are advocates for The Enlightenment. While their perspectives on the roots of Wokery differ a bit, it is rejection of Enlightenment values that strikes me as the unifying principle of Wokery. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "opencog" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/a360e169-1500-4fc8-bdb9-fb00ea09e54cn%40googlegroups.com.
