A Reader for the Politically Incorrect

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Zilbergeld calls attention to the dangers of the politically correct movement while providing specific counterarguments to the claims made by the politically correct across a range of social, educational, and political issues. Zilbergeld contends that political correctness poses the most important intellectual threat to America at the turn of the century. The issue of political correctness is important because it is a massive and a largely successful attempt to undermine the philosophical underpinnings of Western civilization. The book analyzes the issue of political correctness in five areas: education, science and the environment, affirmative action and group entitlement, the military, and the culture wars. It also explores the nature and concepts of political correctness, including its philosophical and historical antecedents. In each chapter, the specific issue is addressed with examples of political correct arguments and counterarguments so that the reader can evaluate the issue equitably.

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"In his 25 years as a professor, George Zilbergeld has watched as the forces of Political Correctness have taken over America's once great college and universities. Now he has struck back. For students, professors and others interested in genuine learning and scholarship he has put together...a collection of essays by first-rate scholars and thinkers, which shows how and why the Politically Correct are wrong."-Michael Barone Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report author, The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again
"It would be very helpful to real education if some of the essays in this collection were read by college students today--even if for no reason other than the desirability of students' knowing that there is more than one intellectually and morally respectable way of looking at one's society, nation, and world."-Harvey A. Silverglate co-author, The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses

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GEORGE ZILBERGELD is Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Montclair State University.