This is a complete audio voiceover recording of my essay on “The Genealogy of Wokeism.” The essay provides a complete history of what people call "wokeness" and develops a new theory of how to define it. The original essay was first published on my Substack, 1Dime Review: It was also published by the New Centre for Research & Practice:
https://tripleampersand.org/the-genealogy-of-wokeism/
Part Two of “The Genealogy of Wokeism” has also been published on my Substack the New Centre for Research & Practice.
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Timestamps:
0:00 The Genealogy of Wokeism, Part One
5:59 The Etymology of Wokeism
8:01 Defining Wokeism
20:00 Who Are the Woke People and Where Did They Come From?
21:35 The Professional Managerial Class and the Symbolic Capitalists
28:37 The Symbolic Capitalists
32:59 Wokeism Beyond the Professional Managerial Class
35:19 Totemic Capital, Victimhood as Status Currency
40:47 Leftist versus Liberal Wokeism
45:49 Elite Overproduction: The Economics of Wokeism
46:36 What Changed? Since 2010?
49:37 The First Awokening, 1920s to 1930s
56:36 The Second Awokening, 1960s to 1970s
59:14 The Civil Rights Movement Was Not Woke
1:02:59 Wokeism versus the Silent Majority
1:07:42 The Third Awokening and the '80s Culture Wars
1:11:06 The Origin of Political Correctness
1:17:00 Action Precedes Reaction: What Liberals and Leftists Don't Get About Culture Wars 1:21:10 The Fourth Awokening, 2011 to 2020s
1:23:10 The Missing Piece: What My Theory Adds
1:27:25 The Connection Between Wokeism, Political Correctness, and Cancel Culture
1:30:31 Wokeism and Narcissism 1:34:23 Typical Examples of Wokeism
1:37:01 Are Identity Politics Always Woke?
1:43:25 Was Woke Co-opted? The Elite Capture Excuse
1:45:31 Wokeism's Anti-Political Character
1:48:50 From Hyperpolarization to Depoliticization
1:55:07 Footnotes/Sources Cited
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