THE END OF WOKE

How the Culture War Went Too Far and What to Expect from the Counter-Revolution

By: Andrew Doyle

Narrated by: Andrew Doyle

'Thought provoking and entertaining. Andrew Doyle's intellect dazzles' Jimmy Carr

'A magisterial read . . . divinely inspired writing and commentary from one of the most thoughtful intellectuals of our time' Michael Shermer

'The best work yet by the creator of genius parody Titania McGrath' The Critic

'Andrew Doyle's essential The End of Woke makes it clear: woke is down but it's far from over' Spiked

'A brilliant, timely, highly entertaining book' Allison Pearson, columnist for the Telegraph

A revelatory investigation into the rise and fall of the 'woke' movement and how we can prevent it from happening again.

It is no secret that we are in the midst of a cultural revolution. Activists in the 'woke' movement have claimed to be on the right side of history, and yet their approach has been intolerant, intemperate and, above all, illiberal. Having dominated the western world for the past fifteen years, there are clear signs the woke are now losing their power. The re-election of Donald Trump, the scaling back of DEI initiatives, and a growing awareness of the threats to women's sex-based rights has stirred a counter-revolution. But is this truly the end of woke? Or have the culture wars merely evolved?

In The End of Woke, Doyle skilfully examines the mechanisms underlying the zealous extremes on both the left and the right. He shows that, in a desperate power struggle to re-assert liberal values, some leaders of the anti-woke movement have found themselves adopting a different kind of authoritarian approach - one which also promotes censorship and erodes our freedoms.

Doyle argues that although authoritarianism is common to all political tribes, we must resist its pernicious influence wherever it emerges. After all, replacing one form of tyranny with another will not end the culture wars. But liberalism - true liberalism - might just see the end of woke for good.©2025 Andrew Doyle

Critic reviews

Thought provoking and entertaining. Andrew Doyle's intellect dazzles (Jimmy Carr)

A magisterial read . . . divinely inspired writing and commentary from one of the most thoughtful intellectuals of our time (Michael Shermer)

Written with wit and intelligence . . . Doyle skillfully illustrates how the evangelists of the woke movement were able to gain power. It's society's decade-long psychotic break, written down

The best work yet by the creator of genius parody Titania McGrath

Andrew Doyle's essential The End of Woke makes it clear: woke is down but it's far from over

Informative and entertaining . . . this book is probably the best catalogue of the excesses of the past decade to date

A brilliant, timely, highly entertaining book (Allison Pearson, columnist for the Telegraph)

The flip side of the coin…finally!

Finally, a source detailing the “other side” in terms of evidence and argument that US media recklessly refuses to acknowledge

Great book

Great book. Very topical and relevant to now. Please release a physical version in the US.

Excellent Narration

It's a political science book and it's narrated well. It's worded very well, I needed to break my dictionary more than a few times. It certainly was worthy of my time. I think I will listen to other Andrew Doyle books in the future.

Woke?

There is no such thing as “woke.” That word is a slang expression that’s been appropriated by the extreme right as a cheap criticism of liberal values. That is all.

Theoretically correct, but...

First, I want to disclose I didn't finish the book. Got to Ch 4 or 5 and pulled the plug. Here's why..
It's well-written and the narration is excellent. It's simply too broad for this issues we're facing today, globally.
I realize that within the given context (relative to the stoics for example), even the most conservative among us could be deemed "liberal".
Just not interested in hearing about "woke" conservatives quite yet.
While it's good to keep perspective, let's clean up our front yard before moving to the back.
IMO, this apparent attempt at even-handedness detracts from the essential efforts to quite literally save our (US) republic from the brink of collapse and civil war. The wealthy and powerful on the far left have had their boot on the throats of conservatives for MANY DECADES, thanks almost exclusively to the immense COVERT power of the corrupt and complicit mainstream media. And here's the thing: conservatives are NEVER able to roll things back to where they were before the leftists advanced their radical agendas. AT BEST, they merely slow the imminent degradation of society.
All that being said, I predict this book will be exceedingly poignant some years from now when the pendulum has swung back and we are once again being aggregiously exploited by the wealthy on the right.
Then it will be time to rinse and repeat the same old story... with different names and party affiliations.
"Right" vs "left" is just a way to keep the (relatively) poor fighting the poor, while the wealthy elites tag-team in the gang-raping of the middle-class - who have always done ALL the heavy lifting for this country and others around the world.
...two arms of the same corporate body, running cover for each other, WWE style, to sustain this delusion of "democracy".