- How many times have you heard the phrase: it s all political
correctness gone mad
- Do you ever wonder whether colleges and universities are really
awash with trivial concerns about the use of language or whether
they are actually trying to address serious concerns about
discrimination and harassment?
- Have you ever wanted to get to the bottom of what all the fuss
is about?
This book is the first major study of political correctness in
post compulsory education to be published in the UK. For readers in
the UK unfamiliar with the nature of the controversies in US
college campuses this book offers a comprehensive assessment of the
key themes, including who and what was behind key campaigns. For
readers in the US unfamiliar with how this cultural export has
faired in the UK this book looks at the significant similarities
and differences in the ways that the phrase has been used in both
societies.
Apart from addressing the roots of political correctness the
book seeks to show how the phrase has helped to complicate the
traditional boundaries between those on the political Left and
those on the political Right. The book also demonstrates in clear
terms how the phrase is integral to understanding key themes in
cultural theory, such as postmodernism and identity politics.
This book is intended to be of interest to a number of
readers:
- Teachers working in colleges and universities;
- Teacher educators and student teachers working on programmes of
initial teacher education;
- Students studying undergraduate programmes in comparative
politics and/or sociology and cultural studies
Finally, the book will seek to capture the reflections of
prominent academics and educationalists bon both sides of the
Atlantic, who have worked in environments where the phrase has
impinged on aspects of their work over the last twenty five
years.
If you think that political correctness simply amounts to what
jokes you are allowed to tell in a classroom, hopefully this book
will challenge you to think again.
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