Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=PWFXvAPITr9 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Philosophical Roots of Wokeism with Bishop Robert Barron [Ux2Etm203ie] Health Updated on August 08, 2026 EDT — Published on August 08, 2026 EDT This week, we’re bringing you one of the plenary lectures from this year’s Acton University, featuring Bishop Robert Barron speaking on “The Philosophical Roots of Wokeism.” "Wokeism” is arguably the most influential public philosophy in our country today. It has worked its way into the minds and hearts of our young people, into the world of entertainment, and into the boardrooms of powerful corporations. But what is it precisely, and where did it come from? I will argue in my presentation that “wokeism” is a popularization of critical theory, a farrago of ideas coming out of the French and German academies in the mid-twentieth century. Until we understand its origins in the thinking of Adorno, Horkheimer, Derrida, Marcuse, and Foucault, we will not know how critically to engage this dangerous philosophy. Subscribe to our podcasts Word on Fire Catholic Ministries CHIBpKzlxiK 7mO5lPw2J6D LJbcvg4ilKF 12JAynd5JQ6 Oesmdio3GSS VnwMYbY8Yjt DnxFBsjPUTw
This week, we’re bringing you one of the plenary lectures from this year’s Acton University, featuring Bishop Robert Barron speaking on “The Philosophical Roots of Wokeism.” "Wokeism” is arguably the most influential public philosophy in our country today. It has worked its way into the minds and hearts of our young people, into the world of entertainment, and into the boardrooms of powerful corporations. But what is it precisely, and where did it come from? I will argue in my presentation that “wokeism” is a popularization of critical theory, a farrago of ideas coming out of the French and German academies in the mid-twentieth century. Until we understand its origins in the thinking of Adorno, Horkheimer, Derrida, Marcuse, and Foucault, we will not know how critically to engage this dangerous philosophy. Subscribe to our podcasts Word on Fire Catholic Ministries CHIBpKzlxiK 7mO5lPw2J6D LJbcvg4ilKF 12JAynd5JQ6 Oesmdio3GSS VnwMYbY8Yjt DnxFBsjPUTw