Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Financial Times, Inc., Prospect Magazine, and The Conversation 'The most comprehensive and reasonable story of this shift that has yet been attempted . . . Mounk has told the story of the Great Awokening better than any other writer who has attempted to make sense of it.' --The Washington Post 'An intellectual tour de force about the origins of identity politics and the threat it presents to genuine, honest, old-fashioned liberalism.' --Bret Stephens, The New York Times 'Among the most insightful and important books written in the last decade on American democracy and its current torments, because it also shows us a way out of the trap.' --Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind, and coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind 'Outstanding.' --David Brooks, The New York Times A fascinating account of the origins of 'wokeness'--and a trenchant explanation for why the noble goals of identity politics are doomed to fail For much of