The root of all wokeness

Wokeness surrounds us. But where did it come from?
 
These days there’s no shortage of explanations.
 
Writing in City Journal, Theodore Kupfer breaks down the possibilities.
 
Is it the fault of the academic theorists . . . prestige-hungry middle managers . . .  college snowflakes crying for safe spaces . . . amorphously expanding civil rights laws?
 
None of those explanations completely add up, Kupfer writes.
 
Do you want a more comprehensive account? You’ll find it right here.
 
This is the defining ideological struggle of our time. It behooves you to know your enemy.

Is the culture war already hot?

Pat Buchanan worries the battle may already be over.
 
Yes, America has been divided before.
 
But in the past we still had some shared confidence in our institutions or in leaders who could unite us.
 
Today, not so much: “We are a country whose people have a diminishing confidence in almost all of its institutions, from big business to the churches, universities and media.”
 
What, he wonders, could possibly bring us back together again? What common ground even exists anymore?
 
If we can’t find that common ground, it’s very bad news for the American Experiment.

Gala for Western Civilization 

October 13 will be a night to remember.

At ISI’s sixteenth annual Gala for Western Civilization in Washington, D.C., you and hundreds of other ISI friends and supporters will partake in an evening that will be unforgettable.

This year ISI will be showcasing top academic talent across three disciplines: political theory, economics, and history. We want to provide our alumni and supporters with an opportunity to experience some of the greatest conservative minds of our generation. The evening’s speakers include:

• Chair of the Department of History at the University of Dallas, Susan Hanssen, who will give the keynote address
• The William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government, Harvey C. Mansfield, who will receive ISI’s Charles H. Hoeflich Lifetime Achievement Award
• Merton P. Stoltz Professor of Economics at Brown University, Glenn Loury, who will receive ISI’s Faculty Award

It should be a wonderful evening full of great conversation.

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