Thomas Tsakalakis

Political Correctness: A Sociocultural Black Hole (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the nature of political correctness as but one of the faces of today's widespread sociocultural hypocrisy, and symptomatic of a drive towards shallowness, anti-intellectualism and self-flagellation, as part of a political culture in which perception is everything and the possibility of honest, rational debate is eroded.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000205084
• Artikelnr.: 60033739

Autorenporträt

Thomas Tsakalakis is Adjunct Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Athens, Greece.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: A Lannister Always Dates His Pets 2. PC in Greece: An
Atypical, yet Revealing, Case Study 3. A Culture of Hypocrisy 4. The Story
Thus Far: A Critical Review of the Literature on PC 5. Alceste... and the
Rest: A Misanthropic Pessimist's Outlook on PC 6. [In Lieu of a] Conclusion

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1. Introduction: A Lannister Always Dates His Pets 2. PC in Greece: An Atypical, yet Revealing, Case Study 3. A Culture of Hypocrisy 4. The Story Thus Far: A Critical Review of the Literature on PC 5. Alceste... and the Rest: A Misanthropic Pessimist's Outlook on PC 6. [In Lieu of a] Conclusion

Rezensionen

'What is to be done when a tool forged to support social justice turns against itself? Thomas Tsakalakis's book addresses the challenges posited by political correctness (PC) when its initially benevolent premises produce opposite and absurd results ... The great merit of the book is that it exposes and fills in the logical gap in the arbitrariness of certain PC-generated arguments. Through the strong combination of empirical cases and conceptual analysis, the book contributes to cultural/media, political, and philosophical theory by means of metacritical, metaepistemological, and metaethical investigations ... Tsakalakis's book is significant enough to herald the establishment of a PC studies niche.' - Vassilis Galanos, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice



'Tsakalakis asserts that political correctness constitutes an inexhaustible source of cultural, sociopolitical, and philosophical concerns because, while it is theoretically informed by ethical values and logical premises with which no judicious person could disagree, most of its practitioners resort to aggressive and more or less irrational practices that make us head even faster toward the cultural black hole from which there is no escape ... if his seminal work should fall victim to the current "cancel culture," this will automatically verify the truth of the propositions put forth in this book.' - Myrto Rigou, Enteukterio

'Thomas Tsakalakis has written an original, insightful, and at times moving book where he also battles against the crippling benefits of his own medical minority status. Anyone on the lookout for novel, critical ideas about the hollowness of political correctness are well advised to study his book.' - Göran Adamson, Quillette