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Speechless : controlling words, controlling minds / Michael Knowles.
"'Political correctness' has taken politeness and turned it into a weapon of censorship and intimidation. In the workplace, on social media, and even at the dinner table, Americans are confronted daily with a laundry list of words they're 'not allowed' to say--and that list is updated constantly and without warning. How did so absurd a concept become so dangerous--and come to dominate our public discourse over the last quarter-century? [This book]...traces the history and effects of political correctness from the early twentieth century to the present, revealing its insidious roots, exposing the power-hungry language architects behind its ever-growing control, and examining what this concerted manipulation of speech means for the future of American culture, politics, and minds"--Publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781684510825 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1684510821 (hardback)
- Physical Description: xviii, 362 pages ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Regnery Publishing, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-302) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- The West in Wonderland -- Redefining reality -- Cultural hegemony -- Standards and practices -- Mao goes mainstream -- The tolerant Left -- Nothing personal -- The school of resentment -- Campus codes and coercion -- The new Cold War -- Trading taboos -- The war on Christmas -- The battle for the sexes -- Locking down dissent -- The purge -- Conclusion: Back to Methuselah. |
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| Subject: | Political correctness. Freedom of expression. Conservatism. |
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| Erlanger Branch | 323.443 K73s 2021 (Text) | 33126024786257 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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