Political Correctness: mental disorder, child- ish fad or advance of human civilization?
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1. An oxymoronic concept? ..................................................................................................................... 2 2. The longing for moral community ....................................................................................................... 4 3. The normative regulation of speech ................................................................................................... 9 4. The relapse to simplistic binary categorizations ............................................................................... 16 5. The paradoxes and pitfalls of "paternalistic cultural relativism" ...................................................... 21 6. From rights of action to rights of protection ..................................................................................... 24 7. The intropunitive "psychological warfare" against White Males and Western culture.................... 26 8. The ianus-faced implications of informality: extended courtesy or "soft totalitarianism"? ............. 31 9. Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................ 34 References ............................................................................................................................................. 40
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Sociology in Switzerland Political Correctness: mental disorder, child- ish fad or advance of human civilization?
1. An oxymoronic concept? ..................................................................................................................... 2 2. The longing for moral community ....................................................................................................... 4 3. The normative regulation of speech ...........................................................................
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