In Woke Marxism, accepting “other ways of knowing,” so long as those are rooted in the broad Critical Theory method and its intrinsic “teleological character” (expression of some ultimate purpose), is that “gnosiological” attitude—one that preserves his critical spirit and scientism (religious faith in what gets passed off as “science”). It claims to arise from a glimpse of absolute knowledge (gnosis) of the reality of Man and Society, which it posits lies in the lived experience of oppression.