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100			_aTsakalakis, Thomas _eAuthor.
245			_aPolitical Correctness : _bA Sociocultural Black Hole / _cThomas Tsakalakis
260			_aNewyork : _bRoutledge, _c2022.
300			_a164p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis 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.
546			_aEnglish.
650			_aPolitical correctness.
650			_aSocial media _xPolitical aspects.
650			_aPolitical culture.
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