The Rise of ‘Woke’: Is Kaufmann’s Account the Best?

In the wake of Christopher Rufo’s claim that wokeism was driven by a cabal of 1960s revolutionaries and Richard Hanania’s focus on the perversity of civil rights law, Jacob Williams assesses the veracity of Eric Kaufmann’s The Third Awokening, which locates the genesis of woke ideology in the little examined taboos of the progressive elite.

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Academic Questions
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2024-12-12
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https://doi.org/10.51845/37.4.12
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Race, History, and American Society
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The Rise of ‘Woke’: Is Kaufmann’s Account the Best?

Jacob Williams
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The Rise of ‘Woke’: Is Kaufmann’s Account the Best?

Jacob Williams
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Abstract

In the wake of Christopher Rufo’s claim that wokeism was driven by a cabal of 1960s revolutionaries and Richard Hanania’s focus on the perversity of civil rights law, Jacob Williams assesses the veracity of Eric Kaufmann’s The Third Awokening, which locates the genesis of woke ideology in the little examined taboos of the progressive elite.

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