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- We Have Never Been Woke : The Cultural Contradictions of a New El
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691232601
ISBN-13
9780691232607
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17067065904
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Publication Name
We Have Never Been Woke : the Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Subject
Discrimination & Race Relations, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Social History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
26.9 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.6 in
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College Audience
LCCN
2024-006064
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"To some extent We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite by Musa al-Gharbi prepared me for the election result.... To understand [his] argument, I needed to not just check my priors at the door, but also admit that I am part of the problem, part of the "new elite" of al-Gharbi's title.... Today, when I'm casting around for who to blame, I'm also looking in the mirror. If you think I am wrong to do so, I suggest you read We Have Never Been Woke by Musa al-Gharbi" ---Ethan Iverson, Transitional Technology, "Al-Gharbi nails how and why the social-justice ideology of knowledge-economy professionals has risen to dominance in the name of fighting inequality and how, paradoxically, it most reinforces the social position of those very same professionals" ---Ruy Teixeira, Wall Street Journal, " We Have Never Been Woke sets out to document the broader historical and sociological implications of our current waves of "wokeness" and "anti-wokeness." Unlike many other books on this topic, it is neither ideological nor reactionary. It seeks to untangle and differentiate competing threads of discourse around identity and social justice.... [a] brilliant book." ---Stephen G. Adubato, America Magazine, "one of the most historically rigorous and empirically grounded investigations of "wokeness" we have.... Encyclopedic in breath, and painstakingly in-depth, We Have Never Been Woke establishes al-Gharbi as one of the most insightful and provocative sociologists of his generation." ---Adam Szetela, Washington Post, "In six compelling and comprehensive chapters, Al-Gharbi lays out his case... Al-Gharbi brings to bear the sociological data that illustrate the actual harm upon our societies by the elite claims to victimhood which underlie a culture of 'wokeness.'" ---Guy Lancaster, Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, "A necessary corrective to the hackneyed discourse around wealth and privilege that has obtained since 2008." ---Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, "[ We Have Never Been Woke is] a careful study of the highly educated, progressive-leaning world of what [al-Gharbi] calls 'symbolic capitalists.' That is, it's a study of us : me, my colleagues, our bosses, our entire industry, the public figures and academic experts we often write about, and countless others with expensive degrees.... If you are reading this, it's likely about you, too.... an eye-opening book." ---Jeremy Schulman, Mother Jones, "As sociologist Musa al-Gharbi notes in...'We Have Never Been Woke,' the 2020 reckoning over racial injustice raised expectations for a new era, but little changed materially.... Today, another reckoning is in order." ---Shadi Hamid, Washington Post, "Al-Gharbi manages to put forth a veritably meta-discursive commentary on current events thanks in part to his reliance on concrete facts and extensive research as his point of departure, but perhaps even more so to his commitment to intellectual virtue over performative posturing. Written with a remarkable sense of humility and with charity for those he critiques, his work comes off more as a labor of love than as a polemic... Al-Gharbi is refreshingly unafraid of letting the facts speak for themselves" ---Stephen G. Adubato, Real Clear Books, "The main excellence of al-Gharbi's book lies not in the originality of this central insight but in how the author has meticulously, systematically, and extensively documented its truth." ---Gene Callahan, Kirk Center, "A book I've been waiting for someone to write to a long time ... a damn good book." ---Jesse Singal, Blocked and Reported, "Al-Gharbi.... uses an impressive range of sociological data to show why these liberal elites, in which he often includes himself, develop political views that are a reaction to their reduced opportunities for economic advancement or improved social status." ---Michael Roth, Los Angeles Review of Books, "A sharp critique of the ways many of us, on all sides of politics and culture, have used social justice as a subtle way to serve ourselves." ---Lee C. Camp, No Small Endeavor, "Mr. al-Gharbi nails how and why the social-justice ideology of knowledge-economy professionals has risen to dominance in the name of fighting inequality and how, paradoxically, it most reinforces the social position of those very same professionals" ---Ruy Teixeira, Wall Street Journal, "[ We Have Never Been Woke ] announces [al-Gharbi] as a rising intellectual star." ---David Brooks, New York Times, "Illuminating.... For anyone genuinely curious about why working-class, culturally conservative Americans, many of them evangelical Christians, remain so loyal to Trump, We Have Never Been Woke is required reading. In a book that's both granular in its detail and panoramic in its perspective, al-Gharbi builds a tightly argued case for how the "Great Awokening" is neither particularly novel nor particularly helpful to the marginalized and disenfranchised of American society." ---Carrie McKean, Christianity Today, "[Al-Gharbi is] the Alexis de Tocqueville of this moment." ---Frank Schaeffer, In Conversation...with Frank Schaeffer, A sharp, well-researched critique aimed at politically active readers who want to better understand why people believe what they believe., "Sprawling, ambitious, and perceptive... We Have Never Been Woke... raises too many provocative questions and gores too many oxen across the political spectrum to let anybody feel very complacent. It's a highly erudite book, idiosyncratically straddling the line between an academic publication and a broader interest page-turner, that, at its sharpest, transcends all of the citations and footnotes to achieve a pungent first-person sociological and psychological clarity." ---Jesse Adams, Washington Examiner, "We recommend... We Have Never Been Woke as a common reading for colleges and universities. Al-Gharbi offers a most incisive analysis of the political economy of the knowledge sector." ---Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, Chronicle of Higher Education, "One of the most historically rigorous and empirically grounded investigations of "wokeness" we have.... Encyclopedic in breath, and painstakingly in-depth, We Have Never Been Woke establishes al-Gharbi as one of the most insightful and provocative sociologists of his generation." ---Adam Szetela, Washington Post, "illuminating.... For anyone genuinely curious about why working-class, culturally conservative Americans, many of them evangelical Christians, remain so loyal to Trump, We Have Never Been Woke is required reading. In a book that's both granular in its detail and panoramic in its perspective, al-Gharbi builds a tightly argued case for how the "Great Awokening" is neither particularly novel nor particularly helpful to the marginalized and disenfranchised of American society." ---Carrie McKean, Christianity Today, " We Have Never Been Woke...p rovides a fascinating analysis drawing from both philosophy and empirical research. No one has done a better job of pointing out the chasm between the educated left's behavior and its alleged goal of equality." ---Robert VerBruggen, Washington Free Beacon, "Provocative and compelling .... it may be that the most significant lesson of al-Gharbi's book is not that the Left is hypocritical but that, as a society, we care too much about symbols. Politicians, it is said, will always disappoint you. Al-Gharbi's view is that symbols will, too -- regardless of who endorses them." ---Michael C. Behrent, National Review, "An exhilarating, challenging, and reflective read that truly is one of a kind. There's really no other book on 'wokeness' quite like it.... In a media landscape filled with pundits who claim to speak truth to power before parroting all the recycled pieties, al-Gharbi's book is genuinely daring" ---Matt McManus, The Unpopulist, "[ We Have Never Been Woke is] a careful study of the highly educated, progressive-leaning world of what [al-Gharbi] calls "symbolic capitalists." That is, it's a study of us : me, my colleagues, our bosses, our entire industry, the public figures and academic experts we often write about, and countless others with expensive degrees.... If you are reading this, it's likely about you, too.... an eye-opening book." ---Jeremy Schulman, Mother Jones, "al-Gharbi.... uses an impressive range of sociological data to show why [sic] elites, in which he often includes himself, develop political views that are a reaction to their reduced opportunities for economic advancement or improved social status." ---Michael Roth, Los Angeles Review of Books, "an ambitious and insightful book that helps shed considerable light on the strange moral and cultural whirlwind of the late 2010s that we now call the "Great Awokening.... refreshingly honest" ---Dustin Guasella, Jacobin, "[al-Gharbi is] the Alexis de Tocqueville of this moment." ---Frank Schaeffer, In Conversation...with Frank Schaeffer, "Mr. al-Gharbi compares what symbolic capitalists say to what they do and finds a pronounced, lamentable gap.... [his] effort to move proudly analytic symbolic capitalists to analyze themselves is important. He is mainly in the business of describing not moralizing." ---Jonathan Marks, Wall Street Journal, "One can only admire al-Gharbi's fearlessness.... Probably to his credit, al-Gharbi puts the best possible face on a reality that is variously amusing, infuriating, and even occasionally relieving.... By the end of the book, it is hard to think of a faux-sacred cow al-Gharbi has failed to expose.... The core of We Have Never Been Woke is persuasive, and it's hard not to see his thesis in operation in all kinds of fields, once you look at the world his way." ---Aaron Weinacht, Front Porch Republic, "Musa al-Gharbi presents a thorough and provocative critique of the contemporary woke movement and its cultural contradictions.... Following Bourdieu, the author brilliantly portrays symbolic capitalists.... Al-Gharbi urges us to reconsider what true progressivism should look like and how to build a more inclusive movement that addresses the material concerns of all people, rather than focusing solely on the symbolic victories of a privileged few." ---Pedro Ángel Palou, El Heraldo de México, "provocative and compelling .... it may be that the most significant lesson of al-Gharbi's book is not that the Left is hypocritical but that, as a society, we care too much about symbols. Politicians, it is said, will always disappoint you. Al-Gharbi's view is that symbols will, too -- regardless of who endorses them." ---Michael C. Behrent, National Review, " We Have Never Been Woke is a great book on wokeness, probably the most incisive and interesting one that's been written. It also holds appeal as a work on political beliefs, as a work of political sociology, and as an incredibly well-sourced piece of cultural criticism. It is very much worth reading." ---Oliver Traldi, City Journal, "An ambitious and insightful book that helps shed considerable light on the strange moral and cultural whirlwind of the late 2010s that we now call the 'Great Awokening'.... refreshingly honest." ---Dustin Guastella, Jacobin, "If you want to understand what just happened in the [2024] US election, it [ We Have Never Been Woke ] is one of the more useful starting points." ---Kenan Malik, Observer, "Al-Gharbi compares what symbolic capitalists say to what they do and finds a pronounced, lamentable gap.... [his] effort to move proudly analytic symbolic capitalists to analyze themselves is important. He is mainly in the business of describing not moralizing." ---Jonathan Marks, Wall Street Journal, "Displaying an impressive wealth of sociological and economic data ...[al-Gharbi's] biggest problem with today's American liberal elites is that they make a mockery of the cause they purportedly serve." ---Costica Bradatan, Times Literary Supplement, "As sociologist Musa al-Gharbi notes in..."We Have Never Been Woke," the 2020 reckoning over racial injustice raised expectations for a new era, but little changed materially.... Today, another reckoning is in order." ---Shadi Hamid, Washington Post, "a necessary corrective to the hackneyed discourse around wealth and privilege that has obtained since 2008." ---Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, "A book I've been waiting for someone to write for a long time...a damn good book." ---Jesse Singal, Blocked and Reported, "sprawling, ambitious, and perceptive... We Have Never Been Woke... raises too many provocative questions and gores too many oxen across the political spectrum to let anybody feel very complacent. It's a highly erudite book, idiosyncratically straddling the line between an academic publication and a broader interest page-turner, that, at its sharpest, transcends all of the citations and footnotes to achieve a pungent first-person sociological and psychological clarity." ---Jesse Adams, Washington Examiner, "While many people will no doubt disagree with al-Gharbi's account, it is one of the most historically rigorous and empirically grounded investigations of "wokeness" we have.... Encyclopedic in breath, and painstakingly in-depth, We Have Never Been Woke establishes al-Gharbi as one of the most insightful and provocative sociologists of his generation." ---Adam Szetela, Washington Post, "Al-Gharbi avoids denunciation in favour of sober, rigorous analysis. For this and other reasons, I suspect it is the only book on the subject that will still be worth reading in a decade.... What We Have Never Been Woke offers, in contrast, is demystification. In eschewing the self-aggrandisement and moralism typical of woke and anti-woke literature alike, al-Gharbi offers a model for others to follow." ---Geoff Shullenberger, Unherd
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
306.0973
Synopsis
How a new "woke" elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status--without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged Society has never been more egalitarian--in theory. Prejudice is taboo, and diversity is strongly valued. At the same time, social and economic inequality have exploded. In We Have Never Been Woke , Musa al-Gharbi argues that these trends are closely related, each tied to the rise of a new elite--the symbolic capitalists. In education, media, nonprofits, and beyond, members of this elite work primarily with words, ideas, images, and data, and are very likely to identify as allies of antiracist, feminist, LGBTQ, and other progressive causes. Their dominant ideology is "wokeness" and, while their commitment to equality is sincere, they actively benefit from and perpetuate the inequalities they decry. Indeed, their egalitarian credentials help them gain more power and status, often at the expense of the marginalized and disadvantaged. We Have Never Been Woke details how the language of social justice is increasingly used to justify this elite--and to portray the losers in the knowledge economy as deserving their lot because they think or say the "wrong" things about race, gender, and sexuality. Al-Gharbi's point is not to accuse symbolic capitalists of hypocrisy or cynicism. Rather, he examines how their genuine beliefs prevent them from recognizing how they contribute to social problems--or how their actions regularly provoke backlash against the social justice causes they champion. A powerful critique, We Have Never Been Woke reveals that only by challenging this elite's self-serving narratives can we hope to address social and economic inequality effectively.
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HN90.S62A44 2024
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