Left Is Not Woke — Can Universalism Survive Identity Politics?
What happens when exposing the failures of universal ideals begins to erode confidence in the ideals themselves?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using Left Is Not Woke by Susan Neiman as our lens, this investigation examines her argument that parts of the contemporary “woke” left have moved away from three principles she regards as essential to left-wing politics: universalism, the distinction between justice and power, and belief in the possibility of progress.
Neiman’s concern is not simply that political movements have become too focused on…
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