**Podcast #223: Tracing the Roots of the Ideological Movement (Formerly) Known as Wokeness**

_Quillette_ podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with _The Identity Trap (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712961/the-identity-trap-by-yascha-mounk/?ref=quillette.com)_ author Yascha Mounk (https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk?ref=quillette.com) about the role of Karl Marx, Michel Foucault, Edward Said, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in shaping today’s illiberal, identity-fixated political mantras—and how we can help lead progressives back to their liberal roots.

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https://quillette.com/2023/09/14/tracing-the-intellectual-ancestry-of-the-ideological-movement-formerly-known-as-wokeness/