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A Reader for the Politically Incorrect
George Zilbergeld
Book Code: C7762
ISBN: 0-275-97762-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97762-7
192 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 10/30/2003
List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
  • Endorsement From Michael Barone
    Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report
    author, The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again:     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.
  • Endorsement From Harvey A. Silverglate
    co-author, The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses:     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.
Description: 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.
LC Card Number: 2003057987
LCC Class: HM1216
Dewey Class: 306
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