![]() ![]() In much of the world - Asian and Islamic societies and large parts of Europe, for example - the woke movement is marginal.” That is why it has become a powerful force only in countries (such as Britain) heavily exposed to American culture wars. John Gray, an English political philosopher, has described wokeism as “a singularly American world view. ‘Woke’ has close links to the Black Lives Matter movement. will be able to deploy this new intellectual tool for exporting American cultural influence,” said Tyler Cowan, an economics professor at Virginia’s George Mason University. ![]() “One question raised by the woke movement, though hardly ever asked, is whether the U.S. That list is long and covers a wide variety, from jazz and rock & roll to blue jeans and Hollywood movies, computer software, Big Macs, Coca Cola, Barbie dolls and Donald Duck. ![]() Now chiefly: alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice frequently in stay woke.”Īnd here is America’s Merriam-Webster on “woke”: “aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice).”īut even before their recognition as part of the mainstream English lexicon, the terms “woke,” “wokeism” or “wokeness” were turning into weapons in America’s perennial culture wars - as well as a cultural export which has failed, so far, to gain the universal acceptance of previous items on the export list. Here is how the Oxford English Dictionary puts it: “ woke, adjective: Originally: well-informed, up-to-date. When two of the most important dictionaries of the English language added the word “woke” in 2017, their definitions were similar and unambiguous. ![]()
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