Wokeness: a Retrospective
In recent times my online sphere has had a fair few people make the claim that, in some sense, the culture has moved on from Woke. The dates I see often given for the heights of this supposed social phenomenon are 2014-2020, and the thought is there's been a general tapering off since the pandemic of whatever woke was. I actually also feel like I can sense a vibe-shift, but then maybe that's just the very fact that my online circles keep saying as much reflecting back on to me. In any case, people who believe this has occurred have also been offering retrospectives on what they think we have learned from this era and how it will be remembered. I thought I would use my blog to contribute to the genre. So this will be that: some words on what I think wokeness is/was, the extent to which anything has changed, and what lessons will be learned from this. There is actually a small-industry of philosophers trying to define " wokeness " (sometimes " wokeism ") a...