Tracking Global Wokeism

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-72779-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 407, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Social Philosophy

In this volume, nineteen authors ask: does wokeness exist in the non-Western world? And if yes, is it imported from America or can it also have its own vernacular roots? Wokeness has helped advance the cause of social justice in many domains. However, a cursory search on the internet can yield the impression that ‘woke’ is now predominantly used in a negative fashion. The present book approaches woke from unusual philosophical angles that do not adhere to either pro or counter positions but that try to transcend purely ideological perspectives. The book shifts the debate to an international or global level by asking whether Wokeism also exists in the non-Western world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Botz-Bornstein, Thorsten

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Sozialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction: Woke against Woke? Thorsten Botz-Bornstein PART 1

Aspects of Woke Politics

2 The Afterlives of Wokeness and the Limits of Epistemic Colonialism Ignacio López-Calvo

3 Global Woke against Local Progress Christopher Mott

4 The Anti-woke Movement in America Carol Burke

5 Can We Laugh about It? Based Heroes and Comedic License in the West Jibril Latif

6 Wokeism: “A Civil Religion in the Age of Profilicity”? Hans-Georg Moeller

7 Unsaying Wokeism, or the Role of Self-Critique in Judging Others William Franke

8 “Wokeism” and Catharism: On Religions That Might Have Existed Alejandro Carpio

9 Curing and Caring through Art: Memory and Memorials in Times of Changing Interpretation of the Contested Past Zoltán Somhegyi

10 Wokeism and Democracy: A Terrible Mix Tommaso Ostillio PART 2

Global Woke

11 Sawabiyyah and Wukiyyah: Tracking Political Correctness and Wokeism in Arabic Language and Muslim-Majority Arab Contexts Nesma Elsakaan

12 Africa’s Contemporary Wokeness as a Summon for Embodying the Common Good SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai

13 The Woke Monroe Doctrine: Pinkwashing the New Iteration of US Interventionism in Mexico Andrea Martinez

14 Is Decoloniality Latin American Wokeism? Examining Identity and Politics in the Works of Santiago Castro-Gómez and Walter Mignolo Manuel Rivera Espinoza

15 Tracing Wokeism: The Case of Batallon Ayacucho in Manizales, Colombia, in Post-conflict Reality Angela M. González Echeverry

16 Wokeism in Japan: Tensions around Social Minorities and Navigating Human Rights Satoshi Narihara and Lee Jiyeon

17 Social Death and Loss of Face: A Chinese Wokeism? Chiang Hio Fai

18 Wokeism in Ibn 'Arabi’s Spiritual Law Ismail Lala

19 The Concept of “Wokeism” in Islamic Legal Philosophy Emine Enise Yakar

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is Professor of Philosophy at the Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait and the director of the Global Studies Center. He was born in Germany, studied philosophy in Paris, and received his Ph.D. from Oxford University. He works on comparative philosophy (Buddhism, Daoism, Sufism) and aesthetics on which he has numerous publications.