The Politics and Philosophy of Political Correctness
By (Author) Jung Min Choi
By (author) John W. Murphy
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
24th November 1992
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Anthropology
Sociolinguistics
306
Hardback
186
Political correctness has received a bad press, according to Choi and Murphy. Indeed, the ideas and concepts embodied in PC have been trivialised by conservatives seeking to defend their own positions, and by a press catering to a public put off by philosophical discussions. Choi and Murphy seek to analyse key aspects of the debate over PC. Starting with an examination of the basic concepts of PC, they review the essentials of neo-conservative social philosophy and the "post-modern alternative" as well as neo-conservative critiques of post-modernism. By providing a comprehensive examination of PC from its historical and philosophical underpinnings, Choi and Murphy show what is at stake in the controversy. This book is aimed at researchers and students of contemporary philosophy and social policy.
The merit of the book is that although the authors take sides, they have read and considered their opponents' arguments.-Choice
"The merit of the book is that although the authors take sides, they have read and considered their opponents' arguments."-Choice
JUNG MIN CHOI is a Graduate research assistant in the Department of Sociology, York University, Toronto, Canada. JOHN W. MURPHY is a professor at the University of Miami. Murphy is the author of numerous works dealing with contemporary social issues, including with John T. Pardeck, The Computerization of Human Services, (Auburn Hourse, 1991) and Postmodern Social Analysis and Criticism (Greenwood Press, 1989).