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Podcast: New Books in Political Science
Episode: We Have Never Been Woke: A Conversation with Musa al-Gharbi
Description: Why does occupation reliably predict political leanings? What is social capitalism, and how does it span income classes? If social capitalists are sincerely committed to equality and āwokeness,ā why do they simultaneously benefit fromāand perpetuateāthe very inequalities they denounce?Join us as we dive into Musa al-Gharbiās provocative new book,Ā We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New EliteĀ (Princeton University Press, 2024). We explore al-Gharbiās central argument: the disconnect between the stated values of the "symbolic capital elite" and the real-world consequences of their actions, despite their genuine intentions. Al-Gharbi draws parallel...