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Political correctness : a sociocultural black hole
- Title
- Political correctness : a sociocultural black hole / Thomas Tsakalakis.
- Author
- Tsakalakis, Thomas
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- ©2021
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- Description
- 158 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Series Statement
- Routledge studies in social and political thought
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : A lannister always dates his pets -- PC in Greece : an atypical, yet revealing, case study -- A culture of hypocrisy -- The story thus far : a critical review of the literature on PC -- Alceste... and the rest : a misanthropic pessimist's outlook on PC -- [In lieu of a] conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-2433
- ISBN
- 9780367528072
- 036752807X
- OCLC
- 1203067726
- Author
- Tsakalakis, Thomas, author.
- Title
- Political correctness : a sociocultural black hole / Thomas Tsakalakis.
- Publisher
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Edition
- 1 Edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Routledge studies in social and political thought
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-2433