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• The Contours of the PC Debate
• The Cultural Battlefield
• Conservative Ideology
• The Post-modern Alternative
• Scepticism, Nihilism, Amorality and Anarchy
• The Politics of Culture
• Who is Totalitarian?
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Political correctness has received a bad press, according to Choi and Murphy. Indeed, the ideas and concepts embodied in PC have been trivialised by conservatives seeking to defend their own positions, and by a press catering to a public put off by philosophical discussions. Choi and Murphy seek to analyse key aspects of the debate over PC. Starting with an examination of the basic concepts of PC, they review the essentials of neo-conservative social philosophy and the "post-modern alternative" as well as neo-conservative critiques of post-modernism. By providing a comprehensive examination of PC from its historical and philosophical underpinnings, Choi and Murphy show what is at stake in the controversy. This book is aimed at researchers and students of contemporary philosophy and social policy.
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This work looks at the political correctness challenge to liberalism; how each generation redefines what is acceptable; what we mean by equality and how we go about achieving it. The topics explored range from date rape, the call for a new curriculum, to policing.
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In ""Political Correctness": For and Against", two prominent philosophers engage each other in a forthright debate over some of the centrally disputed topics in the controversy now being waged on college campuses across the nation. In her lead essay supporting "political correctness", Marilyn Friedman challenges the critical response to hate speech codes, disputes the supposed preeminence of the Western canon, and champions "thick multiculturalism" over a "thin global diversity" approach. She also argues that a "politically correct" perspective need not abandon the concept of truth even while recognising its political vulnerabilities, and she defends feminism and feminists against widespread distortion and caricature. Jan Narveson, in his lead essay criticising "political correctness", argues that the kind of equality of person envisaged in "old-fashioned" or "classical" liberalism is the genuine article. Despite good intentions, he argues, "politically correct" policies will increase the amount of arbitrary power wielded over us all by an essentially unthinking state, and this will be worse for everyone - including the allegedly oppressed person in whose interests these programmes are advocated. Friedman and Narveson conclude the volume with direct replies to each other's positions.
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Tackling the issue of political correctness, this study sheds light on the whole question of cultural standards and the notion of multiculturalism. It attacks the exploitation of diversity to justify a militantly intolerant relativism and connects cultural issues to our real-world existence.
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• Introduction
• Scenes from a Sexual Holy War
• The Sexual Holy War and the Meaning of Work
• Feminist Reattribution of Work's Discontents
• The Sin of the Father
• The Psychodynamics of Political Correctness
• The March of the Virgin: Psychodynamics of Sexual Politics and the Issue of Women in Combat
• Conclusion: Litteton and Beyond
• References.
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Explores the psychological dynamics of the gender war and political correctness. This work explores the psychological dynamics of the gender war and political correctness. Perceptions of men as abusers, sexual predators, and deadbeat dads have become firmly entrenched in our culture, Schwartz argues, based on bogus information and not on solid objective facts. Aiming to dispel some of these negative images by delving into the psychological dynamics that have caused them and revealing the hard facts about how we view men and women in our society, Schwartz questions the current gender war. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in the areas of psychology, women's and men's studies, social policy, child development, and family therapists.
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• Preface. Acknowledgments. Epigraphs. Part I: Political Correctness and its Origins.
• 1. Defining Political Correctness.
• 2. The Origins and the Debate. Part II: The Semantic Aspect.
• 3. Words and Authorities: Dictionaries and Lexicographers.
• 4. The Evolution of the Word Field. Part III: Zones of Controversy.
• 5. Issues of Race, Nationality, Gender, and Difference
• 6. Agendas Old and New. Part IV: Cultural and Historical Issues.
• 7. Political Correctness in the Past.
• 8. Culture. Conclusion: The Right Thing to Do? Progressive Orthodoxy, Empty Convention or Double Standard? Bibliography. Author Index and Subject Index. Word Index.
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In this carefully researched, thought-provoking book, Geoffrey Hughes examines the trajectory of political correctness and its impact on public life. Focusing on the historical, semantic, and cultural aspects of political correctness, it will intrigue anyone interested in this ongoing debate. A unique and intriguing journey through the trajectory of political correctness and its impact on public life, focusing on the historical, semantic, and cultural aspects of what PC means, this work explores the origins, progress, content and style of political correctness, discussing and analyzing around one hundred terms and lexical formations, from Chaucer and Shakespeare, Marlowe and Swift, to nursery rhymes, rap and Spike Lee films, David Mamet, J. M. Coetzee and Philip Larkin. It offers a detailed semantic analysis of the way that key words have been exploited both to advance the agendas of political correctness and to refute them.
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