Woke: the Origins, Dynamics and Implications of an Elite Ideology
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-07-01 | - |
Program Overview
Woke: the Origins, Dynamics and Implications of an Elite Ideology
Course Overview
- Duration: 15 weeks
- Level: Occasional
- Qualification: N/A
- UK Fees: TBC
- International Fees: TBC
- Campus: London
- School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
About the Course
This 15-week course presents a theoretical, historical, and social scientific analysis of cultural socialism. Uniquely among university courses worldwide, it focuses attention on the western cultural left and its accompanying symbolic system of wokeness – defined as the sacralization of minority identity.
The aim is to assess woke in an empirical and analytical manner rather than from a particular political or normative position.
The course begins by defining terms and setting out competing theories regarding the origin and reproduction of wokeness in the West. Students will obtain a grounding in the history, ideology, organizational dynamics, public opinion, electoral implications, policy aspects, and philosophy of this idea. This will involve consideration of how woke interacts with classical liberalism, populism, and conservatism to produce a recursive radicalizing pattern, abetting polarization. Woke will also be examined in light of global population shifts and techno-economic developments.
Course Options
- Option A:
- Self-Study
- 15 Exclusive Lectures; Video and Audio Files
- Lecture Slides (downloadable)
- Readings based on leading research
- Price: £100
- Option B:
- Lecture with one 90-minute seminar per week
- 15 Exclusive Lectures; Video and Audio Files
- Lecture Notes (downloadable)
- Readings based on leading research
- 15 Group Seminars
- Price: £500
- Option C:
This is for prospective students who are interested in completing:
- 1-year Master’s Degree in the Politics of Cultural Conflict based on a 20,000-25,000-word dissertation (£10,300)
- PhD in the Cultural Politics based on 80-100,000 word dissertation (£8,267 per year for 3 years) Seminars and in-person classes begin in October 2024.
University of Buckingham
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