The Great Awokening, Lecture 7

In this lecture series, "The Idolatry of Identity," Dr. Matthew Petrusek discusses contemporary progressive ideology, also frequently referred to as “wokeism,” and the response of the Catholic social thought tradition.

https://youtu.be/7AU9HPzsmCM In Lecture 1, Dr. Petrusek identifies the ideological components that constitute progressivism and examines what makes contemporary progressive ideology attractive. He also demonstrates how progressivism both appropriates and distorts competing political theories—and yokes those distortions into the service of a particular group’s self-interest.

https://youtu.be/Qm9If1EQ3yc Lecture 2

https://youtu.be/KsAzLPKyPZs Lecture 3

https://youtu.be/BmzYsBvSr8Y Lecture 4 Post modernism

https://youtu.be/WNR3ehSzpQ4 Lecture 5 Post Colonialism, Pt. 1 Fanon

https://youtu.be/jZNG81w-eEw Lecture 6 Post Colonialism, Pt. 2

https://youtu.be/hVfGzO65SiM In Lecture 7, Dr. Matthew Petrusek sheds light on the shadow side of “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” as he explains how all the widely disparate strands of progressivism/wokeism find a tenuous but politically potent unity in the concept of “intersectionality.”

https://youtu.be/vL9IRQxElBE Lecture 8

https://youtu.be/XdvE3O7Iye8 Lecture 9