Adam Wakeling

Adam Wakeling is an Australian writer and historian, and his most recent book is Why the Enlightenment Matters: The Shift in Our Thinking That Made the Modern World.

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Richard Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali with a Greek Orthodox fresco of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus.

The New Political Christianity

Western civilisation has not succeeded because its liberal and secular principles are Christian; it has succeeded because Western Christians have accepted its liberal and secular values.

Adam Wakeling

30 Jun 2024 · 9 min read

Anti-Enlightenment Thinking, Past and Present

The Enlightenment was as remarkable as it was unexpected, but it led directly to the benefits we enjoy today.

Adam Wakeling

15 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

Cancelling Comedians While the World Burns—A Review

“Cancel culture” remains a contested term, and the chapter devoted to this phenomenon will probably attract the most discussion and controversy.

Adam Wakeling

17 May 2021 · 7 min read

Wikipedia Turns Twenty

An expansive free encyclopedia is impossible without an army of volunteer writers.

Adam Wakeling

25 Jan 2021 · 9 min read

George Orwell and the Struggle against Inevitable Bias

Orwell’s most personally searing experience, though, had come in Barcelona in 1937.

Adam Wakeling

8 Aug 2020 · 11 min read

The Coming of Neo-Feudalism—A Review

Feudal societies were hierarchical, with clearly-defined roles and responsibilities for everyone. The knights fought for all, the priests prayed for all, and the peasants worked for all.

Adam Wakeling

11 Jun 2020 · 11 min read