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Carson Jerema: Resist the dark age of wokeness

Nigel Biggar's new book targets universities for their embrace of DEI and 'decolonialism'

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In some quarters, the progressive left has been so successful at weaponizing its authoritarian view of society that even some conservatives dismiss critics of gender identity politics, “anti-racism” or “decolonialism” as exaggerating the issues or engaging in debates that are “beneath the dignity of sensible people.” But these culture wars “are neither artificial nor trivial,” writes Nigel Biggar in his new book, “The New Dark Age: Why Liberals Must Win the Culture Wars.”

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When Biggar says “liberal,” he is referring to the “idea that a free marketplace of ideas is the best way of testing and correcting prevailing orthodoxies.” His main argument is simple and direct: the “woke,” or “progressive,” left poses a direct threat to open societies, and must be stopped through a recommitment to the ideals of liberalism, particularly in universities.

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