Jacob Williams

Jacob Williams is an Oxford Ph.D. candidate in political theory, where he is researching the postliberal movement and its critique of the liberal regime. He has published academic work on religion, conservatism, and Western culture, and his commentary has appeared in First Things, The Imaginative Conservative, The Critic, and elsewhere.

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December 12, 2024

The Rise of ‘Woke’: Is Kaufmann’s Account the Best?

Jacob Williams

Eric Kaufmann’s The Third Awokening locates the genesis of woke ideology in the little examined taboos of the progressive elite.

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