Cfp 2024: “Wokism” between Ideology and Aesthetics in Today’s Cultural System
03 Apr 2024
Emerging in the United States around 2010 as a response to racial discrimination and social injustice, “wokism” initially gained traction in North American universities and later spread to Europe. Drawing on gender theories, critical race theory, and intersectionality, it challenges established academic views of science, rational knowledge, history, the humanities, and universalist thinking. Proponents argue that these traditional approaches may be inherently biased, promoting implicit structures that perpetuate a patriarchal, white, Western perspective.
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