Many of those whose existence today consists of tracking down and fighting «wokism» everywhere tend to equate it with Marxism. A simplistic and somewhat haphazard association, far from unanimous.
While wokism is evident in academic and artistic circles, it is also permeable to the world of politics. In the front line: the European institutions. We take the temperature.
Recent events have been punctuated by strange debates about sex and gender, reminiscent of theological quarrels about Adam's navel. However, these controversies have an origin and an internal logic that this article aims to outline.
Vivek Ramaswamy is one of the best-known opponents of the new corporate moralism. The entrepreneur and candidate in the 2024 US election explains the economic reasons for the triumph of identity politics in the US.
The Liber-thé media recently invited me to take part in a video interview on the subject of wokism and how it can be criticized from a classical liberal point of view. The Ligue vaudoise also invited me to speak on the subject on a Wednesday in March. Here's what I had to say.
Sur la place Pury, à Neuchâtel, il y a désormais deux statues du même David de Pury: l’une érigée en 1855, l’autre en 2022. Cette dernière répond aux critiques récentes autour de la mémoire de l’homme d’affaires ayant fait fortune grâce à l’esclavage. Judicieux!
On March 2, an episode of «Temps présent» evoked the subject of «gender transitions». Entitled «Détransition, ils ont changé de sexe et ils regrettent» ("Transitions, they've changed sex and they regret it"), the program - which didn't fail to spark controversy - had the merit of breaking a taboo.
An anti-woke crusade by the SVP to launch the federal election campaign, difficulties in defining wokism, the reality and importance of the moralistic phenomena it describes... This movement from across the Atlantic is the talk of the town, and seems to be crystallizing a major new divide.
Au Salon du Livre de Genève, le 26 mars dernier, Le Regard Libre a organisé une rencontre avec Jean-François Braunstein, auteur de l’essai remarqué «La religion woke». Cet entretien a réuni un large public et a donné lieu à un témoignage fort de la part d’une étudiante.
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