Last month in Washington I gave this talk — on how the Woke activist movement developed (in large part) out of two related theory movements, Critical Theory and Postmodernism — at TAS “Galt’s Gulch” event. It was a full-house international event with professionals as well as students from a surprising range of countries: USA, Morocco, Turkey, Georgia, Poland, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Serbia, Argentina, and New Zealand. Highly enjoyable.
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Related: The fuller intellectual roots of Critical Theory and Postmodernism: