On the functional role of 'Woke;' Huntington, and Abstract, Imaginary Threats.

For various reasons, not the least because it's so rarely done, I am planning to teach a course on 'modern conservatism' this Fall. I've been canvassing folk on what to teach, and what I should read first. Friend of these digressions, Chris Brooke alerted me to Richard Bourke's (2018) "What is conservatism? History, ideology, party" (EJPT). I will surel…