Political Correctness: A Sociocultural Black Hole

<p>This 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 <i>Political Correctness: A Sociocultural Black Hole </i>will appeal to scholars of sociology and media studies with interests in contemporary political culture.</p>