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I am not sure exactly what “woke” is supposed to mean, but from what I have observed in not-so-academic debates that flirt with theory, it is an individualistic liberal appropriation of the so-called “constructivist” argument. In other words, the value system of “woke” derives from critical theory and the “constructivist,” or rather poststructuralist, social argument.… Read More »