Political correctness : a response from the cultural Left / Richard Feldstein ; foreword by Teresa Brennan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldstein, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political correctness.

Right and left (Political science).

United States--Moral conditions.

United States.

United States--Civilization--20th century.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written with refreshing clarity and wit, Political Correctness describes a cultural nonphenomenon brought into being by the desires of neoconservatives. Nostalgic for the simple moral logic of the Cold War, the conservative Right has created an evil empire within and conferred upon its enemies-from multiculturalists to postmodernists and poststructuralists-a McCarthyite agenda that demands action from the high-minded.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. The PC Lexicon; 2. Sound Bite Myth: Scholars Hate Students; 3. The Myth of Disinterested Scholarship; 4. Mythic Parameters: Fast-Food PC, McCarthyism, and McReaganism; 5. Constructing the Enemy; 6. The Mirror of Manufactured Cultural Relations; 7. White Male Canon Formation and the End of History; 8. Where Do We Go from Here?; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8604-1

OCLC:

476094218