Political commentator Douglas Murray presents a defense of Western culture, the positive contributions of which are being forgotten in the race to confront the mistakes of the past.

The history of the West is marked with horrifying crimes perpetrated to enrich Western ancestors – genocide, exploitation, slavery, rape – but so is the history of every nation, and such terrors aren't going away anytime soon.

While Western culture tears itself apart from the inside, its attention is turned away from the rest of the world, where democracy, free speech, scientific endeavor, and notions of social equality are routinely attacked.

Douglas Murray is a best-selling political writer, an associate editor of The Spectator, and founded the Centre for Social Cohesion in 2007, later incorporated by the Henry Jackson Society.

Murray's new book examines the origins and implications of contemporary 'woke' discourse, highlighting the importance of protecting Western culture.