Political Correctness: A Sociocultural Black Hole Paperback / softback
by Thomas (University of Athens, Greece) Tsakalakis
Part of the Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought series
Paperback / softback
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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, characterized 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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:164 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:29/04/2022
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- ISBN:9780367528089
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:164 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:29/04/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367528089