WOKE – IRRACJONALNA IDEA WALKI O LEPSZY ŚWIAT
WOKE – AN IRRATIONAL IDEA OF FIGHTING FOR A BETTER WORLD
Author(s): Jan MazurSubject(s): Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: woke; wokeism; fight for social justice; cancel culture; “snowflake” culture; culture of harm; postmodernity;
Summary/Abstract: The phenomenon known as woke is based on the left-wing, neo-Marxist idea of fightingfor a better world. Generally speaking, it means an “awakened” awareness of racism and the lackof social justice. This term, in its current radicalized meaning, became commonly used at the beginningof the 21st century. It’s four major charasteristics can be specified in the following way: the fight forsocial justice, cancel culture, „snowflake” culture, and culture of harm. These expressions generallyindicate on social activism that is focused on fighting systemic repression of various social groups.It can be said that woke in conjunction wiht the irrational ideology of wokeism constitute a serioustrend nowadays that has a significant impact on people’s mentality which penetrate to social life,politics, business, education, culture and even religion. From a Christian point of view, it is necessaryto expose the authoritarian nature of woke and it’s supporters’s fanaticism. The ideology of wokeismposes a civilizational problem that must be overcome. The point is that it shoud be done everythingpossible to prevent it from becoming a new, postmodern authoritarianism along the lines of the oldMarxist “real socialism”.
Journal: Roczniki Nauk Społecznych
- Issue Year: 52/2024
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 161-172
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish