Umut Özkırımlı | Wokelash | Ep. 121

The New Flesh

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Umut Özkırımlı. Umut is a Senior Research Fellow at IBEI (Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals), a professor at Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, and a Senior Research Associate at CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs). He is also the Academic Director of the Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Umut is the author of the acclaimed Theories of Nationalism: A Critical Introduction, currently in its third edition. His writings appear frequently in The Guardian, openDemocracy, Times Higher Education, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, among others. His most recent book is “Canceled: the Left Way Back From Woke”

Topics covered include; the origins of the term "woke", the commodification of identity, the wokeness of Sweden, the bogus "hashtag-me-too" allegations leveled at Umut and the contradictions in the "hashtag-me-too" movement, the changing focus of leftest politics from class/income inequality to race/gender, the left's endless infighting AND more.

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ARTICLES AND LINKS DISCUSSED

Follow Umut on Twitter:
@UOzkirimli
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Umut's official website:
https://umutozkirimli.com/
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The New Puritans - The Atlantic:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/new-puritans-mob-justice-canceled/619818/

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