PC Worlds: Political Correctness and Rising Elites at the End of Hegemony

Jonathan Friedman

Published by Berghahn Books 2019

PC Worlds

Political Correctness and Rising Elites at the End of Hegemony

Jonathan Friedman

Volume 2 in the series Loose Can(n)ons

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785336737

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This provocative work offers an anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of political correctness, both as a general phenomenon of communication, in which associations in space and time take precedence over the content of what is communicated, and at specific critical historical conjunctures at which new elites attempt to redefine social reality. Focusing on the crises over the last thirty years of immigration and multiculturalist politics in Sweden, the book examines cases, some in which the author was himself involved, but also comparative material from other countries.

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Jonathan Friedman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Department of Anthropology, University of California San Diego and Directeur d'études, EHESS Paris, has written numerous books and articles on the issues of global systems, Indigenous politics in the Pacific, Southeast Asia and more recently, migration in Europe.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction: Why Political Correctness? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 PC Worlds: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Chapter 2 The Rhinoceros II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
Chapter 3 Rhinoceros II Proof of the Pudding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Chapter 4 Umeå: Nazism in the Far North Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Chapter 5 Three Years Later: La Lutte Continue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Chapter 6 Changing Places: A Curious History of Swedish Political Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Chapter 7 Aspects of the Inversion of Ideology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Chapter 8 The New Respectability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Conclusion: Understanding the Context and Logic of Contemporary Political Correctness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Postscript: Weekend Update Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
REFERENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 348
Keywords: Anthropology (General); Media Studies

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Published: July 18, 2019
ISBN: 9781785336737