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The rise of victimhood culture : microaggressions, safe spaces, and the new culture wars / Bradley Campbell, Jason Manning.

Van Pelt Library HN90.M6 C358 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Campbell, Bradley Keith, author.
Manning, Jason (Jason P.), author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Culture conflict--United States.
Culture conflict.
Intellectual freedom.
College teaching--Moral and ethical aspects.
College teaching.
United States.
College teaching--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Political culture--United States.
Political culture.
Trigger warnings.
Microaggressions.
Political correctness--United States.
Political correctness.
Freedom of expression--United States.
Freedom of expression.
Intellectual freedom--United States.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 278 pages ; 21 cm
Place of Publication:
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Summary:
"The Rise of Victimhood Culture offers a framework for understanding recent moral conflicts at U.S. universities, which have bled into society at large. These are not the familiar clashes between liberals and conservatives or the religious and the secular: instead, they are clashes between a new moral culture--victimhood culture--and a more traditional culture of dignity. Even as students increasingly demand trigger warnings and "safe spaces," many young people are quick to police the words and deeds of others, who in turn claim that political correctness has run amok. Interestingly, members of both camps often consider themselves victims of the other. In tracking the rise of victimhood culture, Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning help to decode an often dizzying cultural milieu, from campus riots over conservative speakers and debates around free speech to the election of Donald Trump."--Back cover.
Contents:
Microagression and the culture of victimhood
Microaggression and the structure of victimhood
Trigger warnings, safe spaces, and the language of victimhood
False accusations, moral panics, and the manufacture of victimhood
Opposition, imitation, and the spread of victimhood
Sociology, social justice, and victimhood
Victimhood, academic freedom, and free speech
Conclusion.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
3319703285
9783319703282
OCLC:
1006306577

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