{"product_id":"political-correctness-a-sociocultural-black-hole","title":"Political Correctness: A Sociocultural Black Hole","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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, \u003ci\u003ePolitical Correctness: A Sociocultural Black Hole \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to scholars of sociology and media studies with interests in contemporary political culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45542384238830,"sku":"9780367528089","price":67.19,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/political-correctness-a-sociocultural-black-hole","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}