Woke social justice warriors lurk around every corner, ready to
cancel free speakers and police common sense. Muslims love nothing
better than abolishing Christmas. FemiNazi’s throw false
accusations at the pillars of our society. Decried by right-wing
pundits and politicians alike, the idea of ‘political
correctness’ is often painted as a form of left-wing
totalitarianism but in this pithy, clear-headed account, Tony
McKenna explains how the concept itself is in fact one of the great
conspiracy theories of our times. From the fear of ‘cancel
culture’ to the demonization of grassroots social movements, this
is a searing dissection of how the exclusionary agendas for so long
played out in our media and party politics have been successfully
dressed up as campaigns for freedom and common sense. Tackling some
of the favourite bogeymen of tabloids and scaremongers, McKenna
dissects the language, rhetoric and ideology that turns refugees
into insects, social justice into ‘wokery’, and makes predators
out of anyone from dark skinned men to trans women. He provides a
full analysis of historically important social liberation movements
like BLM and #MeToo, giving the historical and cultural contexts
for their emergence. As the tried-and-tested politics of
stigmatization and exclusion shift from old targets to new, this an
explanation of one of society’s most insidious narratives, and
how it allows dominant orthodox culture to cast the subjects of its
oppressive tactics as the dreaded ‘global liberal elite’.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
April 2024 |
| Authors: |
Tony McKenna
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-42957-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-350-42957-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781350429574 |
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