We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite

by Musa Al-Gharbi

How a new "woke" elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status--without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged

Society has never been more egalitarian--in theory. Prejudice is taboo, and diversity is strongly valued. At the same time, social and economic inequality have exploded. In We Have Never Been Woke, Musa al-Gharbi argues that these trends are closely related, each tied to the rise of a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691232601
• ISBN13: 9780691232607
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 432 Pages