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Laurie Taylor talks to philosopher Susan Neiman about the concept of ‘woke’.  

Laurie Taylor talks to Susan Neiman, philosopher and director of the Einstein Forum, about her analysis of the concept of ‘woke’.  

Woke: Laurie Taylor talks to Susan Neiman, philosopher and director of the Einstein Forum about her analysis of the concept of ‘woke’. Contrary to popular assumption, she argues, it is not a set of attitudes which belong on the left of the political spectrum, but is rather an attack on progressive, universal values and the Enlightenment.  

They're joined by Huw Davies, lecturer in digital education at the University of Edinburgh, who offers a dissection of the British ‘war on woke’,  suggesting that it is an intensive ideological campaign that is mobilising reactionary tropes within mainstream British political discourse.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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