UID:
almahu_9949386251902882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781003058489
,
1003058485
,
9781000205084
,
1000205088
,
9781000205046
,
1000205045
,
9781000205060
,
1000205061
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 153
Content:
"This book explores the nature of political correctness as but one of the faces of today's widespread sociocultural hypocrisy; it is a critique of a phenomenon that constitutes a threat to the Enlightenment hope that humanity might one day achieve maturity. The author identifies political correctness as a drive towards shallowness, anti-intellectualism and self-flagellation - and a culture in which perception is everything. With attention to the emergence and growth of political correctness in a country, Greece, where it can be observed from a bottom-up perspective, this volume demonstrates that although at first glance it appears as a well-intentioned social movement informed by values with which no moral and judicious person could disagree, political correctness actually represents, at best, a distraction from graver concerns; at worst, a manifestation of human foolishness and malevolence. A study of the destruction of honest and rational debate, characterised by trials of intention, often by social media, Political Correctness: A Sociocultural Black Hole will appeal to scholars of sociology and media studies with interests in contemporary political culture"--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Tsakalakis, Thomas. Political correctness New York : Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9780367528072
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003058489
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003058489
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