Is the Left Woke? With Susan Neiman, Part 4

On Sunday, May 21, 2023, we welcomed Harvard-educated, American
moral philosopher, cultural commentator, and essayist Susan
Neiman. Dr. Neiman has written extensively on the juncture
between Enlightenment moral philosophy, metaphysics, and
politics, both for scholarly audiences and the general public.
She is a lifelong leftist and socialist, and an unlikely critic
of "woke-ism." She argues the tenets of the woke have become
antithetical to the traditional values of the left. She currently
lives in Germany, where she is the Director of the Einstein Forum
in Potsdam. Neiman writes in her new book, Left Is Not Woke: "I
am unwilling to cede the word 'left' or accept the binary
suggestion that those who aren't woke must be reactionary. A
left-wing critique of those who seem to share the same values
might seem to be an instance of narcissism. But it's not small
differences that separate me from those who are woke." She adds
that the discourse around "woke-ism" is confusing. It evokes
emotions that all progressive people share, such as empathy for
those who are marginalized and indignation for the oppressed, but
those emotions are "derailed by a range of theoretical
assumptions that ultimately undermine them."


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