Two Cheers for Symbolic Capitalists - Musa al-Gharbi
There is a lot to criticize about symbolic capitalists and their social order. However, it isn't all bad news.| Musa al-Gharbi
In order to understand biases and exclusion in academe, it’s best to consider who comprises it. Professors, for instance, are overwhelmingly relatively affluent, urban and suburban whites who graduated with terminal degrees from the top programs in their fields. These kinds of folks don’t just dominate academia. They are the primary producers and consumers of most content produced in the “symbolic professions.”…| Musa al-Gharbi
There is a lot to criticize about symbolic capitalists and their social order. However, it isn't all bad news.| Musa al-Gharbi
We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite will be published October 8, 2024 by Princeton University Press.| Musa al-Gharbi
Israel's core objectives in Gaza are dismantling Hamas and liberating their hostages. 3 months in, at extreme cost, neither goal is achieved.| Musa al-Gharbi
Contemporary social conflicts and dysfunctions turn on how people relate to the knowledge economy and associated institutions/ professionals| Musa al-Gharbi
Mainstream politicians on both sides of the aisle are wary of populism, however many American voters remain hungry for it.| Musa al-Gharbi
Post-2011, there was a 'Great Awokening' among knowledge economy professionals. Contemporary data suggest it may now be ending.| Musa al-Gharbi
U.S. college professors are not representative of America writ large, and are not even approaching parity. What would it take to change that?| Musa al-Gharbi
In "The Loneliest Americans" Jay Caspian Kang explores the struggles and contradictions that come with identifying as 'Asian American' today| Musa al-Gharbi
"We Have Never Been Woke: Social Justice Discourse, Inequality and the Rise of a New Elite" has been acquired by Princeton University Press| Musa al-Gharbi
