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Are You Politically Correct? Debating America's Cultural Standards » Read Now
by Michael E. Bauman, Francis J. Beckwith. 264 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library
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The Politics and Philosophy of Political Correctness » Read Now
by Jung Min Choi, John W. Murphy. 168 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Choi and Murphy seek to analyze the key facets of the debate over PC. Until now, PC has tended to be treated in news stories, magazines articles, and reports where the examination of PC has been short and under developed--rarely have the writers looked beyond single issues. Choi and Murphy provide a...
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Choi and Murphy seek to analyze the key facets of the debate over PC. Until now, PC has tended to be treated in news stories, magazines articles, and reports where the examination of PC has been short and under developed--rarely have the writers looked beyond single issues. Choi and Murphy provide a comprehensive examination of PC, from its philosophical underpinnings and historical background, through the significance of post-structural philosophy and postmodern literary criticism.
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Soldiers of Misfortune: The New Right's Culture War and the Politics of Political Correctness » Read Now
by Valerie L. Scatamburlo. 272 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...War and the Politics of Political Correctness PETER LANG New York...war and the politics of political correctness / Valerie L. Scatamburlo...Conservatism--United States. 2...
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Freedom of Speech: Words Are Not Deeds (Chap. 7 "Political Correctness") » Read Now
by Harry M. Bracken. 164 pgs.

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This work provides a philosophical framework within which the free speech clause of the Constitution's First Amendment may be understood. While much has been written on the First Amendment, this work is unique in offering an historically based thesis illuminating a point virtually ignored in the...
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This work provides a philosophical framework within which the free speech clause of the Constitution's First Amendment may be understood. While much has been written on the First Amendment, this work is unique in offering an historically based thesis illuminating a point virtually ignored in the literature--the absolutist quality of the free speech clause and the philosophical dualism (words/deeds) on which it is based. Given the increasingly powerful forces favoring group rights in order to generate laws which would silence "offensive" speech, this book provides a radical challenge to the frameworks within which many such contemporary arguments are cast. It also reminds putative censors of the very special role free speech plays in any democratic community which aims to be self-governing.
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Writing and Responsibility (Chap. 7 "Political Correctness") » Read Now
by Carl Tighe. 168 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

In a world where literary scandals often end up in court, the issue of responsibility in writing has never been more important. In this groundbreaking study, Carl Tighe asks the questions every writer needs to consider:*What is it that writers do? Are they responsible for all the uses to which their...
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In a world where literary scandals often end up in court, the issue of responsibility in writing has never been more important. In this groundbreaking study, Carl Tighe asks the questions every writer needs to consider:*What is it that writers do? Are they responsible for all the uses to which their writing might be put? Or no more responsible than their readers?*How are a writer's responsibilities compromised or defined by commercial or political pressures, or by notions of tradition or originality?*How does a writer's audience affect their responsibilities? Are these the same for writers in all parts of the world, under all political and social systems?The first part of this book defines responsibility and looks at its relation to ideas such as power, accuracy, kitsch and political correctness. The second part examines how particular writers have dealt with these issues through a series of often-controversial case studies, including American Psycho, Crash and The Tin Drum. Writing and Responsibility encourages its readers to interrogate the choices they make as writers. A fascinating look at the public consequences of the private act of writing, Carl Tighe's book is a must-read for everyone who writes or studies writing.
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Fighting Words: The Politics of Hateful Speech (Chap. 3 "Identity Politics, Multiculturalism, and Political Correctness » Read Now
by Laurence R. Marcus. 192 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

This intriguing book reflects on the conditions on college campuses that give rise to words and acts of hate, on the consequences of these episodes, and on strategies intended to improve intergroup harmony. Using the speech given by Nation of Islam spokesperson Khalid Abdul Muhammad at Kean College...
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This intriguing book reflects on the conditions on college campuses that give rise to words and acts of hate, on the consequences of these episodes, and on strategies intended to improve intergroup harmony. Using the speech given by Nation of Islam spokesperson Khalid Abdul Muhammad at Kean College in 1993, the book begins with a consideration of the societal trends affecting today's college student, including the increasing economic uncertainty that characterizes their future and the hostility and fragmentation that characterizes their present. Attitudinal changes have proven to be widespread, as more Americans have begun to view the world through the lenses of political, social, and economic self-interest, calling prevailing equity policy into question and giving new life to identity politics. Since issues of affirmative action, multiculturalism, and political correctness are at the core of the national debate and command the attention of college students, each is addressed in detail. A discussion of what prompted Kean students to invite Muhammad follows a consideration of the current status of intergroup relations on campuses across the nation. This examination covers the inescapable conclusion that, despite the desires of most students for positive relations with people of other groups, there are serious gaps to be bridged.
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Political Correctness and Cultural Studies, in Journal of Communication » Read Now
by James W. Carey. 17 pgs.

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...Symposium Political Correctness and Cultural Studies by...the moment by the attack on political correctness. While cultural studies have...The conservative critique of "...
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The Escape into Hyperbole: Communication and Political Correctness, in Journal of Communication » Read Now
by Molefi Kete Asante. 7 pgs.

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...Hyperbole: Communication and Political Correctness by Molefi Kete Asante...celebrate the attack on political correctness rest their case on a peculiar...surrounding the...
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Political Correctness and Political Science, in Perspectives on Political Science » Read Now
by John D. Harman, James R. Bowers. 7 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Political Correctness and Political Science An Exploratory...JAMES R. BOWERS The term political correctness identifies a controversy that...of how widespread perceptions of...
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Nonsexist Language Reform and "Political Correctness," in Women and Language » Read Now
by Eric E. Peterson. 5 pgs.

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...Nonsexist language reform and "political correctness." by Eric E. Peterson...current controversy over "political correctness" concerns the use of nonsexist...cited as...
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PC, M.D.: How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine » Read Now
by Sally Satel. 285 pgs.

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Drawing on a wealth of information PC, M.D. documents for the first time what happens when the tenets of political correctness -- including victimology, multiculturalism, rejection of fixed truths and individual autonomy -- are allowed to enter the fortress of medicine.
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The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education » Read Now
by John K. Wilson. 206 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...The Myth of Political Correctness The Myth of Political Correctness THE CONSERVATIVE ATTACK ON HIGHER EDUCATION...Preface: PC and Me xi 1 The Myth of Political Correctness...
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Talking Sense about Political Correctness, in Journal of Australian Studies » Read Now
by Robert Sparrow. 16 pgs.

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...Talking sense about political correctness. by Robert Sparrow...years or so the expression `political correctness has entered the political...a number of ideas about...
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After Political Correctness: The Humanities and Society in the 1990s » Read Now
by Christopher Newfield, Ronald Strickland. 416 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...After Political Correctness POLITICS CULTURE Avery Gordon...political formations. After Political Correctness: The Humanities and Society in...POLITICS AND CULTURE AFTER...
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Verbal Hygiene (Chap. 4 "Civility and Its Discontents: Language and 'Political Correctness'") » Read Now
by Deborah Cameron. 264 pgs.

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In this book Deborah Cameron takes a serious look at popular attitudes towards language and examines the practices by which people attempt to regulate its use. Instead of dismissing the practice of 'verbal hygiene', as a misguided and pernicious exercise, however, she argues that popular discourse...
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In this book Deborah Cameron takes a serious look at popular attitudes towards language and examines the practices by which people attempt to regulate its use. Instead of dismissing the practice of 'verbal hygiene', as a misguided and pernicious exercise, however, she argues that popular discourse about language values; good and bad, right and wrong, serves an important function for those engaged in it.A series of case-studies deal with specific examples of verbal hygiene: the regulation of 'style' by editors, the teaching of English grammar in schools, the movements for and against so-called 'politically-correct' language and the recent explosion of advice to women on how they can speak more effectively. In each case she argues that verbal hygiene provides a way of making sense of linguistic phenomena, and that it represents a symbolic attempt to impose order on the social world.Addressed to linguistics, professional language-users of all kinds, and to anyone interested in language and culture, Verbal Hygiene , calls for legitimate concerns about language and value to be discussed, by experts and lay-speakers alike, in a rational and critical spirit.
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